#BD8A50#BD8A50

#BD8A50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.098 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A50
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 80)
HSL	hsl(32, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, 12.97, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 40.48, 71.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.0359 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.098 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5245, 29.5773, 11.6365)
Luminance	0.2958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A50 #5083BD

analogous

#BD5450 #BD8A50 #B9BD50

triadic

#BD8A50 #50BD8A #8A50BD

tetradic

#BD8A50 #50BD54 #5083BD #BD50B9

square

#BD8A50 #50BD54 #5083BD #BD50B9

split-complementary

#BD8A50 #50B9BD #5450BD

monochromatic

#6A4B28 #976B39 #BD8A50 #CEA87C #DFC5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BD8A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BD8A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A50

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A50	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.098 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac82',
    500: '#bd8a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a50;
$custom-light: #d4ac82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.927,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67107,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A50

secondary

#9DB3CC

accent

#90D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A50

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

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