#BD8A55#BD8A55

#BD8A55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.093 H 66.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A55
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(31, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, 13.38, 35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 38.21, 69.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% 0.0378 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.093 66.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7161, 29.6539, 12.6459)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A55 #5588BD

analogous

#BD5655 #BD8A55 #BCBD55

triadic

#BD8A55 #55BD8A #8A55BD

tetradic

#BD8A55 #55BD56 #5588BD #BD55BC

square

#BD8A55 #55BD56 #5588BD #BD55BC

split-complementary

#BD8A55 #55BCBD #5655BD

monochromatic

#6D4C2A #996B3C #BD8A55 #CEA881 #DFC7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BD8A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BD8A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A55

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A55	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.093 66.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac86',
    500: '#bd8a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a55;
$custom-light: #d4ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.577,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67181,
    "c": 0.09346,
    "h": 66.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A55

secondary

#A1B6CD

accent

#93D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A55

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

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