#BD8A5E#BD8A5E

#BD8A5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.086 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A5E
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 94)
HSL	hsl(28, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(28, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 14.19, 31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 34.20, 65.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.0413 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.086 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0967, 29.8061, 14.6501)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A5E #5E91BD

analogous

#BD5E62 #BD8A5E #BDB95E

triadic

#BD8A5E #5EBD8A #8A5EBD

tetradic

#BD8A5E #62BD5E #5E91BD #B95EBD

square

#BD8A5E #62BD5E #5E91BD #B95EBD

split-complementary

#BD8A5E #5EBDB9 #5E62BD

monochromatic

#724E2F #9D6B40 #BD8A5E #CFAA89 #E1C9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BD8A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BD8A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A5E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A5E	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)

#9A8E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.086 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac8c',
    500: '#bd8a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a5e;
$custom-light: #d3ac8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.789,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67327,
    "c": 0.08618,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A5E

secondary

#A8BDCF

accent

#98D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A5E

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

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