#BD8961#BD8961

#BD8961 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.084 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8961
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 97)
HSL	hsl(26, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(26, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, 15.04, 29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 32.86, 62.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% 0.0442 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.084 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0911, 29.5754, 15.3253)
Luminance	0.2957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8961 #6195BD

analogous

#BD6167 #BD8961 #BDB761

triadic

#BD8961 #61BD89 #8961BD

tetradic

#BD8961 #67BD61 #6195BD #B761BD

square

#BD8961 #67BD61 #6195BD #B761BD

split-complementary

#BD8961 #61BDB7 #6167BD

monochromatic

#734D30 #9F6A42 #BD8961 #CFA98C #E1C9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BD8961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BD8961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8961

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8961	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)

#998D5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.084 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab8e',
    500: '#bd8961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8961;
$custom-light: #d3ab8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.087,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67186,
    "c": 0.08402,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8961

secondary

#AABFD0

accent

#9CD157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8961

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

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