#BD8A73#BD8A73

#BD8A73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.071 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A73
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 115)
HSL	hsl(19, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(19, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 39.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, 16.44, 19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 25.86, 50.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% 0.0499 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.071 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1704, 30.2356, 20.3053)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A73 #73A6BD

analogous

#BD7381 #BD8A73 #BDAF73

triadic

#BD8A73 #73BD8A #8A73BD

tetradic

#BD8A73 #81BD73 #73A6BD #AF73BD

square

#BD8A73 #81BD73 #73A6BD #AF73BD

split-complementary

#BD8A73 #73BDAF #7381BD

monochromatic

#7B4E3A #A5694E #BD8A73 #D1AD9D #E4D0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BD8A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BD8A73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A73

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A73	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.071 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac9b',
    500: '#bd8a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a73;
$custom-light: #d2ac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.649,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67736,
    "c": 0.07092,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A73

secondary

#B8CBD4

accent

#A9CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A73

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

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