#BD8A71#BD8A71

#BD8A71 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.072 H 47.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A71
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 113)
HSL	hsl(20, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(20, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 40.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, 16.20, 21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 26.55, 52.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% 0.0491 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.072 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0566, 30.1901, 19.7057)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A71 #71A4BD

analogous

#BD717E #BD8A71 #BDB071

triadic

#BD8A71 #71BD8A #8A71BD

tetradic

#BD8A71 #7EBD71 #71A4BD #B071BD

square

#BD8A71 #7EBD71 #71A4BD #B071BD

split-complementary

#BD8A71 #71BDB0 #717EBD

monochromatic

#7B4F39 #A4694C #BD8A71 #D0AC9B #E4CFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BD8A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BD8A71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A71

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A71	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.072 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac9a',
    500: '#bd8a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a71;
$custom-light: #d3ac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.737,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67693,
    "c": 0.07216,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A71

secondary

#B6CAD4

accent

#A7CD5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A71

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

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