#BD8A48#BD8A48

#BD8A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.104 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A48
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(34, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 12.36, 42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 44.11, 73.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67% 0.033 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.104 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2463, 29.4660, 10.1714)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A48 #487BBD

analogous

#BD4F48 #BD8A48 #B5BD48

triadic

#BD8A48 #48BD8A #8A48BD

tetradic

#BD8A48 #48BD4F #487BBD #BD48B5

square

#BD8A48 #48BD4F #487BBD #BD48B5

split-complementary

#BD8A48 #48B5BD #4F48BD

monochromatic

#664925 #936A35 #BD8A48 #CDA775 #DDC4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BD8A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BD8A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A48

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A48	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)

#9C8D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.104 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7d',
    500: '#bd8a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a48;
$custom-light: #d4ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.846,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A48

secondary

#97ADCA

accent

#8BD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A48

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

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