#BD8A56#BD8A56

#BD8A56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.093 H 65.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A56
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(30, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, 13.47, 35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 37.76, 69.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% 0.0382 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.093 65.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7561, 29.6699, 12.8566)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A56 #5689BD

analogous

#BD5756 #BD8A56 #BDBD56

triadic

#BD8A56 #56BD8A #8A56BD

tetradic

#BD8A56 #56BD57 #5689BD #BD56BD

square

#BD8A56 #56BD57 #5689BD #BD56BD

split-complementary

#BD8A56 #56BDBD #5756BD

monochromatic

#6E4D2B #9A6B3C #BD8A56 #CEA882 #DFC7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BD8A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BD8A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A56

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A56	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)

#9B8D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.093 65.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac86',
    500: '#bd8a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a56;
$custom-light: #d4ac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.291,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67196,
    "c": 0.09265,
    "h": 65.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A56

secondary

#A1B7CD

accent

#93D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A56

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

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