#BD8948#BD8948

#BD8948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.104 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8948
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 72)
HSL	hsl(33, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, 12.92, 42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 43.99, 72.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% 0.0347 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.104 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1035, 29.1804, 10.1238)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8948 #487CBD

analogous

#BD4E48 #BD8948 #B7BD48

triadic

#BD8948 #48BD89 #8948BD

tetradic

#BD8948 #48BD4E #487CBD #BD48B7

square

#BD8948 #48BD4E #487CBD #BD48B7

split-complementary

#BD8948 #48B7BD #4E48BD

monochromatic

#664925 #936935 #BD8948 #CDA675 #DDC3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BD8948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BD8948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8948

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8948	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.104 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab7d',
    500: '#bd8948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8948;
$custom-light: #d4ab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66805,
    "c": 0.10379,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8948

secondary

#97AECA

accent

#8CD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8948

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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