#BD8A74#BD8A74

#BD8A74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.070 H 44.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A74
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 116)
HSL	hsl(18, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(18, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, 16.55, 19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 25.53, 49.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% 0.0503 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.07 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2283, 30.2588, 20.6100)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A74 #74A7BD

analogous

#BD7483 #BD8A74 #BDAF74

triadic

#BD8A74 #74BD8A #8A74BD

tetradic

#BD8A74 #83BD74 #74A7BD #AF74BD

square

#BD8A74 #83BD74 #74A7BD #AF74BD

split-complementary

#BD8A74 #74BDAF #7483BD

monochromatic

#7C4E3B #A5694E #BD8A74 #D1AD9D #E4D0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BD8A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BD8A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A74

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A74	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)

#978F72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.070 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac9c',
    500: '#bd8a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a74;
$custom-light: #d2ac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.082,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67758,
    "c": 0.07031,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A74

secondary

#B8CCD5

accent

#AACC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A74

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

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