#BD8A70#BD8A70

#BD8A70 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.073 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A70
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 112)
HSL	hsl(20, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(20, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 40.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, 16.08, 21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 26.91, 53.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% 0.0487 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.073 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0006, 30.1677, 19.4109)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A70 #70A3BD

analogous

#BD707D #BD8A70 #BDB170

triadic

#BD8A70 #70BD8A #8A70BD

tetradic

#BD8A70 #7DBD70 #70A3BD #B170BD

square

#BD8A70 #7DBD70 #70A3BD #B170BD

split-complementary

#BD8A70 #70BDB1 #707DBD

monochromatic

#7A4F38 #A46A4C #BD8A70 #D0AC9A #E4CFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BD8A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BD8A70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A70

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A70	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)

#988F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.073 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac99',
    500: '#bd8a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a70;
$custom-light: #d3ac99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.26,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67671,
    "c": 0.0728,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A70

secondary

#B5C9D4

accent

#A6CD5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A70

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

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