#BD8A77#BD8A77

#BD8A77 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.069 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A77
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 119)
HSL	hsl(16, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(16, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 37%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, 16.92, 17.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 24.58, 46.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% 0.0515 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.069 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4056, 30.3297, 21.5439)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A77 #77AABD

analogous

#BD7787 #BD8A77 #BDAD77

triadic

#BD8A77 #77BD8A #8A77BD

tetradic

#BD8A77 #87BD77 #77AABD #AD77BD

square

#BD8A77 #87BD77 #77AABD #AD77BD

split-complementary

#BD8A77 #77BDAD #7787BD

monochromatic

#7D4E3D #A66851 #BD8A77 #D1ADA0 #E5D1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BD8A77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BD8A77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A77

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A77	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.069 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac9e',
    500: '#bd8a77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a77;
$custom-light: #d2ac9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.286,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67825,
    "c": 0.06862,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A77

secondary

#BBCED5

accent

#8EAD38

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A77

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

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