#BD8951#BD8951

#BD8951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.097 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8951
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, 13.60, 37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 39.92, 70.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% 0.0379 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.097 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4189, 29.3065, 11.7849)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8951 #5185BD

analogous

#BD5351 #BD8951 #BBBD51

triadic

#BD8951 #51BD89 #8951BD

tetradic

#BD8951 #51BD53 #5185BD #BD51BB

square

#BD8951 #51BD53 #5185BD #BD51BB

split-complementary

#BD8951 #51BBBD #5351BD

monochromatic

#6B4B29 #976A39 #BD8951 #CEA77D #DFC5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BD8951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BD8951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8951

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8951	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)

#9A8C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.097 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab83',
    500: '#bd8951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8951;
$custom-light: #d4ab83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.111,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66927,
    "c": 0.09672,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8951

secondary

#9EB4CC

accent

#92D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8951

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

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