#BD8A51#BD8A51

#BD8A51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.097 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A51
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(32, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, 13.05, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 40.02, 70.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.0363 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.097 68)
XYZ	xyz(31.5617, 29.5921, 11.8325)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A51 #5184BD

analogous

#BD5451 #BD8A51 #BABD51

triadic

#BD8A51 #51BD8A #8A51BD

tetradic

#BD8A51 #51BD54 #5184BD #BD51BA

square

#BD8A51 #51BD54 #5184BD #BD51BA

split-complementary

#BD8A51 #51BABD #5451BD

monochromatic

#6B4C29 #976B39 #BD8A51 #CEA87D #DFC6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BD8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BD8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A51

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A51	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)

#9B8D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.097 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac83',
    500: '#bd8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a51;
$custom-light: #d4ac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67122,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.2959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A51

secondary

#9EB4CC

accent

#90D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A51

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

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