#BD8A44#BD8A44

#BD8A44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.107 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A44
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 68)
HSL	hsl(35, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 12.09, 44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 45.91, 74.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.0316 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.107 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1200, 29.4155, 9.5064)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A44 #4477BD

analogous

#BD4E44 #BD8A44 #B3BD44

triadic

#BD8A44 #44BD8A #8A44BD

tetradic

#BD8A44 #44BD4E #4477BD #BD44B3

square

#BD8A44 #44BD4E #4477BD #BD44B3

split-complementary

#BD8A44 #44B3BD #4E44BD

monochromatic

#634823 #916933 #BD8A44 #CDA671 #DDC39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BD8A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BD8A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A44

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A44	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)

#9C8C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.107 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac7a',
    500: '#bd8a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a44;
$custom-light: #d5ac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.711,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66951,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A44

secondary

#93AAC9

accent

#89D750

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A44

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

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