#BD8A72#BD8A72

#BD8A72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.072 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A72
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(19, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(19, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.84, 16.32, 20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.84, 26.21, 51.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% 0.0495 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.072 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1132, 30.2128, 20.0039)
Luminance	0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A72 #72A5BD

analogous

#BD7280 #BD8A72 #BDB072

triadic

#BD8A72 #72BD8A #8A72BD

tetradic

#BD8A72 #80BD72 #72A5BD #B072BD

square

#BD8A72 #80BD72 #72A5BD #B072BD

split-complementary

#BD8A72 #72BDB0 #7280BD

monochromatic

#7B4F3A #A5694D #BD8A72 #D1AD9C #E4CFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BD8A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BD8A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A72

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A72	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)

#978F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.072 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac9a',
    500: '#bd8a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a72;
$custom-light: #d2ac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.2,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67714,
    "c": 0.07153,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A72

secondary

#B7CBD4

accent

#A8CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A72

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

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