#BD8A63#BD8A63

#BD8A63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.082 H 58.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A63
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 99)
HSL	hsl(26, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(26, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, 14.68, 28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 32.04, 62.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% 0.0433 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.082 58.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3284, 29.8988, 15.8703)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A63 #6396BD

analogous

#BD6369 #BD8A63 #BDB763

triadic

#BD8A63 #63BD8A #8A63BD

tetradic

#BD8A63 #69BD63 #6396BD #B763BD

square

#BD8A63 #69BD63 #6396BD #B763BD

split-complementary

#BD8A63 #63BDB7 #6369BD

monochromatic

#744E31 #9F6B43 #BD8A63 #CFAA8E #E1CBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BD8A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BD8A63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A63

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A63	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)

#998E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.082 58.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac90',
    500: '#bd8a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a63;
$custom-light: #d3ac90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67415,
    "c": 0.08222,
    "h": 58.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A63

secondary

#ABC0D0

accent

#9CD057

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A63

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

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