#BD8A46#BD8A46

#BD8A46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.105 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A46
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(34, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, 12.22, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 45.01, 74.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% 0.0323 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.105 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1821, 29.4403, 9.8334)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A46 #4679BD

analogous

#BD4E46 #BD8A46 #B4BD46

triadic

#BD8A46 #46BD8A #8A46BD

tetradic

#BD8A46 #46BD4E #4679BD #BD46B4

square

#BD8A46 #46BD4E #4679BD #BD46B4

split-complementary

#BD8A46 #46B4BD #4E46BD

monochromatic

#654924 #926A34 #BD8A46 #CDA773 #DDC3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BD8A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BD8A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A46

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A46	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)

#9C8C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.105 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7c',
    500: '#bd8a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a46;
$custom-light: #d4ac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66975,
    "c": 0.1054,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A46

secondary

#95ACCA

accent

#8AD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A46

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

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