#BD8B45#BD8B45

#BD8B45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.106 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B45
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 69)
HSL	hsl(35, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, 11.60, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 45.59, 75.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.0304 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.106 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2949, 29.7161, 9.7166)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B45 #4577BD

analogous

#BD4F45 #BD8B45 #B3BD45

triadic

#BD8B45 #45BD8B #8B45BD

tetradic

#BD8B45 #45BD4F #4577BD #BD45B3

square

#BD8B45 #45BD4F #4577BD #BD45B3

split-complementary

#BD8B45 #45B3BD #4F45BD

monochromatic

#644924 #916A34 #BD8B45 #CDA772 #DDC39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BD8B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BD8B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B45

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B45	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	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)

#9D8D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.106 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7b',
    500: '#bd8b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b45;
$custom-light: #d4ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6716,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B45

secondary

#94AACA

accent

#89D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B45

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

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