#BD8A57#BD8A57

#BD8A57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.092 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A57
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(30, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, 13.55, 34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 37.31, 68.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% 0.0386 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.092 65.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7967, 29.6862, 13.0703)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A57 #578ABD

analogous

#BD5757 #BD8A57 #BDBD57

triadic

#BD8A57 #57BD8A #8A57BD

tetradic

#BD8A57 #57BD57 #578ABD #BD57BD

square

#BD8A57 #57BD57 #578ABD #BD57BD

split-complementary

#BD8A57 #57BDBD #5757BD

monochromatic

#6E4D2B #9A6B3D #BD8A57 #CEA983 #E0C7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BD8A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BD8A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A57

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A57	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.092 65.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac87',
    500: '#bd8a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a57;
$custom-light: #d4ac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67212,
    "c": 0.09184,
    "h": 65.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A57

secondary

#A2B8CE

accent

#94D354

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A57

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

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