#BD8A75#BD8A75

#BD8A75 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.070 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A75
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 117)
HSL	hsl(18, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(18, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 38.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, 16.67, 18.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 25.21, 48.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% 0.0507 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.07 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2868, 30.2822, 20.9180)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A75 #75A8BD

analogous

#BD7584 #BD8A75 #BDAE75

triadic

#BD8A75 #75BD8A #8A75BD

tetradic

#BD8A75 #84BD75 #75A8BD #AE75BD

square

#BD8A75 #84BD75 #75A8BD #AE75BD

split-complementary

#BD8A75 #75BDAE #7584BD

monochromatic

#7C4E3B #A6684F #BD8A75 #D1AD9E #E5D0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BD8A75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BD8A75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A75

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A75	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978F73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.070 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac9c',
    500: '#bd8a75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a75;
$custom-light: #d2ac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6778,
    "c": 0.06973,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A75

secondary

#B9CDD5

accent

#ABCB5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A75

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

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