#BD8A62#BD8A62

#BD8A62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.083 H 58.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A62
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 98)
HSL	hsl(26, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(26, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 48.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, 14.58, 29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 32.47, 63.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% 0.0429 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.083 58.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2808, 29.8798, 15.6201)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A62 #6295BD

analogous

#BD6268 #BD8A62 #BDB862

triadic

#BD8A62 #62BD8A #8A62BD

tetradic

#BD8A62 #68BD62 #6295BD #B862BD

square

#BD8A62 #68BD62 #6295BD #B862BD

split-complementary

#BD8A62 #62BDB8 #6268BD

monochromatic

#744E31 #9F6B43 #BD8A62 #CFAA8D #E1CAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BD8A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BD8A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A62

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A62	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998E5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.083 58.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac8f',
    500: '#bd8a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a62;
$custom-light: #d3ac8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.374,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67397,
    "c": 0.083,
    "h": 58.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A62

secondary

#ABC0D0

accent

#9BD157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A62

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

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