#BD8A45#BD8A45

#BD8A45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.106 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A45
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 69)
HSL	hsl(35, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, 12.16, 43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 45.46, 74.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% 0.032 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.106 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1508, 29.4278, 9.6685)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A45 #4578BD

analogous

#BD4E45 #BD8A45 #B4BD45

triadic

#BD8A45 #45BD8A #8A45BD

tetradic

#BD8A45 #45BD4E #4578BD #BD45B4

square

#BD8A45 #45BD4E #4578BD #BD45B4

split-complementary

#BD8A45 #45B4BD #4E45BD

monochromatic

#644924 #916934 #BD8A45 #CDA672 #DDC39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BD8A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BD8A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A45

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A45	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.106 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac7b',
    500: '#bd8a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a45;
$custom-light: #d5ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66963,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A45

secondary

#94ABCA

accent

#8AD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A45

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

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