#BD8A59#BD8A59

#BD8A59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.090 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A59
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, 13.73, 33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 36.41, 67.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.0393 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.09 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8796, 29.7193, 13.5066)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A59 #598CBD

analogous

#BD595A #BD8A59 #BDBC59

triadic

#BD8A59 #59BD8A #8A59BD

tetradic

#BD8A59 #5ABD59 #598CBD #BC59BD

square

#BD8A59 #5ABD59 #598CBD #BC59BD

split-complementary

#BD8A59 #59BDBC #595ABD

monochromatic

#6F4D2C #9B6B3E #BD8A59 #CEA985 #E0C8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BD8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BD8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A59

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A59	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	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)

#9A8D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.090 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac89',
    500: '#bd8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a59;
$custom-light: #d4ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.4,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67244,
    "c": 0.09021,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A59

secondary

#A4B9CE

accent

#95D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A59

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

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