#BD8A49#BD8A49

#BD8A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.103 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A49
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, 12.44, 41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 43.66, 73.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% 0.0334 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.103 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2792, 29.4791, 10.3446)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A49 #497CBD

analogous

#BD5049 #BD8A49 #B6BD49

triadic

#BD8A49 #49BD8A #8A49BD

tetradic

#BD8A49 #49BD50 #497CBD #BD49B6

square

#BD8A49 #49BD50 #497CBD #BD49B6

split-complementary

#BD8A49 #49B6BD #5049BD

monochromatic

#664A25 #936A35 #BD8A49 #CDA776 #DEC4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BD8A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BD8A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A49

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A49	1.00	3.05	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.103 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7e',
    500: '#bd8a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a49;
$custom-light: #d4ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.621,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67013,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A49

secondary

#97AECA

accent

#8CD651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A49

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

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