#BD8955#BD8955

#BD8955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.094 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8955
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 85)
HSL	hsl(30, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, 13.93, 35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 38.12, 68.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.0394 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.094 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5733, 29.3683, 12.5983)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8955 #5589BD

analogous

#BD5555 #BD8955 #BDBD55

triadic

#BD8955 #55BD89 #8955BD

tetradic

#BD8955 #55BD55 #5589BD #BD55BD

square

#BD8955 #55BD55 #5589BD #BD55BD

split-complementary

#BD8955 #55BDBD #5555BD

monochromatic

#6D4C2A #996A3C #BD8955 #CEA881 #DFC6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BD8955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BD8955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8955

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8955	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.094 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab86',
    500: '#bd8955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8955;
$custom-light: #d4ab86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66987,
    "c": 0.09352,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8955

secondary

#A1B7CD

accent

#94D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8955

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

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