#BD8A6F#BD8A6F

#BD8A6F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.073 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A6F
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 111)
HSL	hsl(21, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(21, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 41.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, 15.97, 22.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 27.27, 54.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% 0.0482 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.073 49)
XYZ	xyz(32.9453, 30.1456, 19.1193)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A6F #6FA2BD

analogous

#BD6F7B #BD8A6F #BDB16F

triadic

#BD8A6F #6FBD8A #8A6FBD

tetradic

#BD8A6F #7BBD6F #6FA2BD #B16FBD

square

#BD8A6F #7BBD6F #6FA2BD #B16FBD

split-complementary

#BD8A6F #6FBDB1 #6F7BBD

monochromatic

#7A4F38 #A46A4B #BD8A6F #D0AC99 #E3CEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BD8A6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BD8A6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A6F

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A6F	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.073 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac98',
    500: '#bd8a6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a6f;
$custom-light: #d3ac98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.769,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6765,
    "c": 0.07347,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.30143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A6F

secondary

#B5C9D3

accent

#A6CD5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A6F

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

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