#BD8B42#BD8B42

#BD8B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.109 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B42
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, 11.41, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 46.93, 75.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% 0.0294 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.109 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2042, 29.6797, 9.2385)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B42 #4274BD

analogous

#BD4E42 #BD8B42 #B1BD42

triadic

#BD8B42 #42BD8B #8B42BD

tetradic

#BD8B42 #42BD4E #4274BD #BD42B1

square

#BD8B42 #42BD4E #4274BD #BD42B1

split-complementary

#BD8B42 #42B1BD #4E42BD

monochromatic

#624822 #906A32 #BD8B42 #CDA76F #DDC39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BD8B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BD8B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B42

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B42	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.109 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac79',
    500: '#bd8b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b42;
$custom-light: #d5ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.61,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67125,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B42

secondary

#92A8C9

accent

#87D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B42

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

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