#BD8949#BD8949

#BD8949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.103 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8949
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, 12.99, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 43.54, 72.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.035 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.103 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1364, 29.1935, 10.2970)
Luminance	0.2919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8949 #497DBD

analogous

#BD4F49 #BD8949 #B7BD49

triadic

#BD8949 #49BD89 #8949BD

tetradic

#BD8949 #49BD4F #497DBD #BD49B7

square

#BD8949 #49BD4F #497DBD #BD49B7

split-complementary

#BD8949 #49B7BD #4F49BD

monochromatic

#664925 #936935 #BD8949 #CDA676 #DEC3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BD8949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BD8949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8949

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8949	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)

#9B8C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7984A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.103 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab7e',
    500: '#bd8949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8949;
$custom-light: #d4ab7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.103,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66818,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8949

secondary

#97AECA

accent

#8DD651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8949

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

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