#BD8A78#BD8A78

#BD8A78 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.068 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A78
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 120)
HSL	hsl(16, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(16, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 36.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 17.04, 17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 24.28, 45.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% 0.052 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.068 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4660, 30.3539, 21.8618)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A78 #78ABBD

analogous

#BD7888 #BD8A78 #BDAC78

triadic

#BD8A78 #78BD8A #8A78BD

tetradic

#BD8A78 #88BD78 #78ABBD #AC78BD

square

#BD8A78 #88BD78 #78ABBD #AC78BD

split-complementary

#BD8A78 #78BDAC #7888BD

monochromatic

#7D4E3D #A66851 #BD8A78 #D1AEA1 #E5D1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BD8A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BD8A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A78

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A78	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)

#968F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.068 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac9f',
    500: '#bd8a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a78;
$custom-light: #d2ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67848,
    "c": 0.06809,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A78

secondary

#BBCFD6

accent

#8FAD38

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A78

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

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