#BD8963#BD8963

#BD8963 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.082 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8963
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 99)
HSL	hsl(25, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(25, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, 15.23, 28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 32.02, 61.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% 0.045 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.082 57)
XYZ	xyz(32.1855, 29.6132, 15.8227)
Luminance	0.2961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8963 #6397BD

analogous

#BD636A #BD8963 #BDB663

triadic

#BD8963 #63BD89 #8963BD

tetradic

#BD8963 #6ABD63 #6397BD #B663BD

square

#BD8963 #6ABD63 #6397BD #B663BD

split-complementary

#BD8963 #63BDB6 #636ABD

monochromatic

#744E31 #9F6A43 #BD8963 #CFAA8E #E1CAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BD8963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BD8963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8963

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8963	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988D60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.082 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab90',
    500: '#bd8963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8963;
$custom-light: #d3ab90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.333,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67222,
    "c": 0.08248,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.29611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8963

secondary

#ABC1D0

accent

#9DD057

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8963

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

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