#BD8A6E#BD8A6E

#BD8A6E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.074 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A6E
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 110)
HSL	hsl(21, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(21, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 41.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, 15.86, 22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 27.64, 54.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% 0.0478 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.074 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8905, 30.1237, 18.8309)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A6E #6EA1BD

analogous

#BD6E79 #BD8A6E #BDB16E

triadic

#BD8A6E #6EBD8A #8A6EBD

tetradic

#BD8A6E #79BD6E #6EA1BD #B16EBD

square

#BD8A6E #79BD6E #6EA1BD #B16EBD

split-complementary

#BD8A6E #6EBDB1 #6E79BD

monochromatic

#794F37 #A36A4A #BD8A6E #D0AC98 #E3CEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BD8A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#BD8A6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A6E

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A6E	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)

#988F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49A6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.074 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac97',
    500: '#bd8a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a6e;
$custom-light: #d3ac97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.266,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67629,
    "c": 0.07413,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A6E

secondary

#B4C8D3

accent

#A5CD5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A6E

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

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