#BD8A6C#BD8A6C

#BD8A6C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.076 H 51.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A6C
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 108)
HSL	hsl(22, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(22, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 42.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, 15.63, 23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 28.40, 56.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% 0.047 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.076 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7828, 30.0806, 18.2639)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A6C #6C9FBD

analogous

#BD6C76 #BD8A6C #BDB26C

triadic

#BD8A6C #6CBD8A #8A6CBD

tetradic

#BD8A6C #76BD6C #6C9FBD #B26CBD

square

#BD8A6C #76BD6C #6C9FBD #B26CBD

split-complementary

#BD8A6C #6CBDB2 #6C76BD

monochromatic

#784F36 #A36A49 #BD8A6C #D0AC96 #E3CDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BD8A6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BD8A6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A6C

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A6C	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988F6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4996C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.076 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac96',
    500: '#bd8a6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a6c;
$custom-light: #d3ac96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.222,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67588,
    "c": 0.07552,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A6C

secondary

#B2C7D3

accent

#A3CE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A6C

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

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