#BD8B46#BD8B46

#BD8B46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.105 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B46
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 70)
HSL	hsl(35, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, 11.67, 43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 45.14, 75.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% 0.0307 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.106 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3262, 29.7286, 9.8814)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B46 #4678BD

analogous

#BD4F46 #BD8B46 #B3BD46

triadic

#BD8B46 #46BD8B #8B46BD

tetradic

#BD8B46 #46BD4F #4678BD #BD46B3

square

#BD8B46 #46BD4F #4678BD #BD46B3

split-complementary

#BD8B46 #46B3BD #4F46BD

monochromatic

#654924 #926A34 #BD8B46 #CDA773 #DDC4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BD8B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BD8B46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B46

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B46	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.105 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac7c',
    500: '#bd8b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b46;
$custom-light: #d4ac7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.79,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67172,
    "c": 0.1055,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B46

secondary

#95ABCA

accent

#89D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B46

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

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