#BD8A5B#BD8A5B

#BD8A5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.089 H 63.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A5B
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 91)
HSL	hsl(29, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, 13.91, 32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 35.52, 66.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% 0.0401 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.089 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9647, 29.7533, 13.9549)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A5B #5B8EBD

analogous

#BD5B5D #BD8A5B #BDBB5B

triadic

#BD8A5B #5BBD8A #8A5BBD

tetradic

#BD8A5B #5DBD5B #5B8EBD #BB5BBD

square

#BD8A5B #5DBD5B #5B8EBD #BB5BBD

split-complementary

#BD8A5B #5BBDBB #5B5DBD

monochromatic

#704D2D #9C6B3F #BD8A5B #CFA987 #E0C8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BD8A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BD8A5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A5B

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A5B	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)

#9A8E57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.089 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac8a',
    500: '#bd8a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a5b;
$custom-light: #d3ac8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.776,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67276,
    "c": 0.0886,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A5B

secondary

#A5BBCF

accent

#96D255

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A5B

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

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