#BD8950#BD8950

#BD8950 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.098 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8950
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 80)
HSL	hsl(31, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, 13.52, 38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 40.37, 70.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% 0.0376 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.098 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3817, 29.2916, 11.5889)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8950 #5084BD

analogous

#BD5250 #BD8950 #BABD50

triadic

#BD8950 #50BD89 #8950BD

tetradic

#BD8950 #50BD52 #5084BD #BD50BA

square

#BD8950 #50BD52 #5084BD #BD50BA

split-complementary

#BD8950 #50BABD #5250BD

monochromatic

#6A4B28 #976A39 #BD8950 #CEA77C #DFC5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BD8950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BD8950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8950

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8950	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.098 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab82',
    500: '#bd8950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8950;
$custom-light: #d4ab82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.376,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66913,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8950

secondary

#9DB3CC

accent

#91D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8950

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

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