#BD8A52#BD8A52

#BD8A52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.096 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A52
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 82)
HSL	hsl(31, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, 13.13, 37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 39.57, 70.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% 0.0367 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.096 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5995, 29.6073, 12.0315)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A52 #5285BD

analogous

#BD5452 #BD8A52 #BABD52

triadic

#BD8A52 #52BD8A #8A52BD

tetradic

#BD8A52 #52BD54 #5285BD #BD52BA

square

#BD8A52 #52BD54 #5285BD #BD52BA

split-complementary

#BD8A52 #52BABD #5452BD

monochromatic

#6C4C29 #986B3A #BD8A52 #CEA87E #DFC6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BD8A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BD8A52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A52

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A52	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	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)

#9B8D4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.096 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac84',
    500: '#bd8a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a52;
$custom-light: #d4ac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.402,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67136,
    "c": 0.0959,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A52

secondary

#9EB4CC

accent

#91D453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A52

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

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