#BD8A6D#BD8A6D

#BD8A6D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.075 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A6D
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 109)
HSL	hsl(22, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(22, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 42.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, 15.74, 23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 28.02, 55.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% 0.0474 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.075 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8364, 30.1020, 18.5458)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A6D #6DA0BD

analogous

#BD6D78 #BD8A6D #BDB26D

triadic

#BD8A6D #6DBD8A #8A6DBD

tetradic

#BD8A6D #78BD6D #6DA0BD #B26DBD

square

#BD8A6D #78BD6D #6DA0BD #B26DBD

split-complementary

#BD8A6D #6DBDB2 #6D78BD

monochromatic

#794F37 #A36A4A #BD8A6D #D0AC97 #E3CEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BD8A6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BD8A6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A6D

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A6D	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)

#988F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4996D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.075 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac97',
    500: '#bd8a6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a6d;
$custom-light: #d3ac97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.75,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67609,
    "c": 0.07482,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A6D

secondary

#B3C7D3

accent

#A4CE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A6D

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

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