#BD8A76#BD8A76

#BD8A76 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.069 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A76
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 118)
HSL	hsl(17, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(17, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 37.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, 16.80, 18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 24.89, 47.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% 0.0511 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.069 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3459, 30.3058, 21.2293)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A76 #76A9BD

analogous

#BD7686 #BD8A76 #BDAD76

triadic

#BD8A76 #76BD8A #8A76BD

tetradic

#BD8A76 #86BD76 #76A9BD #AD76BD

square

#BD8A76 #86BD76 #76A9BD #AD76BD

split-complementary

#BD8A76 #76BDAD #7686BD

monochromatic

#7D4E3C #A66850 #BD8A76 #D1AD9F #E5D1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BD8A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BD8A76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A76

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A76	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#978F75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.069 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac9d',
    500: '#bd8a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a76;
$custom-light: #d2ac9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.901,
    "s": 34.975,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67802,
    "c": 0.06917,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A76

secondary

#BACDD5

accent

#8DAE38

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A76

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

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