#BD8B4E#BD8B4E

#BD8B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.099 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B4E
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(33, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 12.26, 39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 41.50, 72.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% 0.0335 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.099 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5958, 29.8364, 11.3011)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B4E #4E80BD

analogous

#BD544E #BD8B4E #B8BD4E

triadic

#BD8B4E #4EBD8B #8B4EBD

tetradic

#BD8B4E #4EBD54 #4E80BD #BD4EB8

square

#BD8B4E #4EBD54 #4E80BD #BD4EB8

split-complementary

#BD8B4E #4EB8BD #544EBD

monochromatic

#694C27 #966C38 #BD8B4E #CEA87B #DEC5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BD8B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BD8B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B4E

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B4E	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.099 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac81',
    500: '#bd8b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b4e;
$custom-light: #d4ac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.973,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67275,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B4E

secondary

#9BB1CC

accent

#8DD552

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B4E

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