#BD8A65#BD8A65

#BD8A65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.081 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A65
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 101)
HSL	hsl(25, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(25, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, 14.89, 27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 31.20, 61.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% 0.0441 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.081 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4252, 29.9375, 16.3801)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A65 #6598BD

analogous

#BD656C #BD8A65 #BDB665

triadic

#BD8A65 #65BD8A #8A65BD

tetradic

#BD8A65 #6CBD65 #6598BD #B665BD

square

#BD8A65 #6CBD65 #6598BD #B665BD

split-complementary

#BD8A65 #65BDB6 #656CBD

monochromatic

#754E32 #A06B45 #BD8A65 #CFAB90 #E2CBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BD8A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#BD8A65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A65

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A65	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998E62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.081 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac91',
    500: '#bd8a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a65;
$custom-light: #d3ac91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.227,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67452,
    "c": 0.08068,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A65

secondary

#ADC2D1

accent

#9DD058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A65

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

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