#BD8960#BD8960

#BD8960 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.085 H 58.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8960
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 96)
HSL	hsl(26, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(26, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 49.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, 14.94, 29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 33.28, 63.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% 0.0438 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.085 58.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0448, 29.5569, 15.0813)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8960 #6094BD

analogous

#BD6065 #BD8960 #BDB760

triadic

#BD8960 #60BD89 #8960BD

tetradic

#BD8960 #65BD60 #6094BD #B760BD

square

#BD8960 #65BD60 #6094BD #B760BD

split-complementary

#BD8960 #60BDB7 #6065BD

monochromatic

#734D30 #9E6A42 #BD8960 #CFA98B #E1C9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BD8960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BD8960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8960

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8960	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.085 58.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab8d',
    500: '#bd8960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8960;
$custom-light: #d3ab8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.452,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67168,
    "c": 0.08479,
    "h": 58.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8960

secondary

#A9BFD0

accent

#9BD157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8960

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

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