#BD8A5D#BD8A5D

#BD8A5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.087 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A5D
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 93)
HSL	hsl(28, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(28, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 50.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 14.10, 31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 34.64, 65.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% 0.0409 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.087 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0521, 29.7883, 14.4153)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A5D #5D90BD

analogous

#BD5D60 #BD8A5D #BDBA5D

triadic

#BD8A5D #5DBD8A #8A5DBD

tetradic

#BD8A5D #60BD5D #5D90BD #BA5DBD

square

#BD8A5D #60BD5D #5D90BD #BA5DBD

split-complementary

#BD8A5D #5DBDBA #5D60BD

monochromatic

#714E2E #9D6B40 #BD8A5D #CFA988 #E0C9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BD8A5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BD8A5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A5D

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A5D	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.087 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac8b',
    500: '#bd8a5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a5d;
$custom-light: #d3ac8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.125,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6731,
    "c": 0.08698,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A5D

secondary

#A7BCCF

accent

#98D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A5D

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

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