#BD8952#BD8952

#BD8952 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.096 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8952
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 82)
HSL	hsl(31, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 13.68, 37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 39.47, 69.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0383 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.096 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4567, 29.3216, 11.9839)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8952 #5286BD

analogous

#BD5352 #BD8952 #BBBD52

triadic

#BD8952 #52BD89 #8952BD

tetradic

#BD8952 #52BD53 #5286BD #BD52BB

square

#BD8952 #52BD53 #5286BD #BD52BB

split-complementary

#BD8952 #52BBBD #5352BD

monochromatic

#6C4B29 #986A3A #BD8952 #CEA77E #DFC5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BD8952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BD8952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8952

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8952	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)

#9A8C4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.096 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab84',
    500: '#bd8952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8952;
$custom-light: #d4ab84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.841,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66942,
    "c": 0.09593,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8952

secondary

#9EB5CC

accent

#92D453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8952

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

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