#BD8A61#BD8A61

#BD8A61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.084 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A61
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(27, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, 14.48, 29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 32.90, 63.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% 0.0425 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.084 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2339, 29.8610, 15.3729)
Luminance	0.2986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A61 #6194BD

analogous

#BD6166 #BD8A61 #BDB861

triadic

#BD8A61 #61BD8A #8A61BD

tetradic

#BD8A61 #66BD61 #6194BD #B861BD

square

#BD8A61 #66BD61 #6194BD #B861BD

split-complementary

#BD8A61 #61BDB8 #6166BD

monochromatic

#734E30 #9F6B42 #BD8A61 #CFAA8C #E1CAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BD8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BD8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A61

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A61	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.084 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac8e',
    500: '#bd8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a61;
$custom-light: #d3ac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.739,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67379,
    "c": 0.08379,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A61

secondary

#AABFD0

accent

#9BD157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A61

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

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