#BD8A42#BD8A42

#BD8A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.108 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A42
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, 11.96, 45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 46.80, 75.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% 0.031 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.108 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0600, 29.3915, 9.1904)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A42 #4275BD

analogous

#BD4D42 #BD8A42 #B2BD42

triadic

#BD8A42 #42BD8A #8A42BD

tetradic

#BD8A42 #42BD4D #4275BD #BD42B2

square

#BD8A42 #42BD4D #4275BD #BD42B2

split-complementary

#BD8A42 #42B2BD #4D42BD

monochromatic

#624822 #906932 #BD8A42 #CDA66F #DDC29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BD8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BD8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A42

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A42	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.108 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac79',
    500: '#bd8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a42;
$custom-light: #d5ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.122,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66928,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A42

secondary

#92A9C9

accent

#88D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A42

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

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