#BD8A5A#BD8A5A

#BD8A5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.089 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A5A
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 90)
HSL	hsl(29, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, 13.82, 33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 35.96, 67.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% 0.0397 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.089 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9218, 29.7362, 13.7292)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A5A #5A8DBD

analogous

#BD5A5C #BD8A5A #BDBC5A

triadic

#BD8A5A #5ABD8A #8A5ABD

tetradic

#BD8A5A #5CBD5A #5A8DBD #BC5ABD

square

#BD8A5A #5CBD5A #5A8DBD #BC5ABD

split-complementary

#BD8A5A #5ABDBC #5A5CBD

monochromatic

#704D2D #9C6B3E #BD8A5A #CEA986 #E0C8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BD8A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BD8A5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A5A

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A5A	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.089 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac89',
    500: '#bd8a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a5a;
$custom-light: #d4ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.091,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6726,
    "c": 0.0894,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A5A

secondary

#A5BACE

accent

#96D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A5A

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

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