#BD8B50#BD8B50

#BD8B50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.098 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B50
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 80)
HSL	hsl(32, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, 12.41, 38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 40.59, 72.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% 0.0343 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.098 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6686, 29.8655, 11.6845)
Luminance	0.2986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B50 #5082BD

analogous

#BD5450 #BD8B50 #B8BD50

triadic

#BD8B50 #50BD8B #8B50BD

tetradic

#BD8B50 #50BD54 #5082BD #BD50B8

square

#BD8B50 #50BD54 #5082BD #BD50B8

split-complementary

#BD8B50 #50B8BD #5450BD

monochromatic

#6A4C28 #976C39 #BD8B50 #CEA87C #DFC6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BD8B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BD8B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B50

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B50	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)

#9C8E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.098 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac82',
    500: '#bd8b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b50;
$custom-light: #d4ac82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.477,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67303,
    "c": 0.09755,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B50

secondary

#9DB2CC

accent

#8FD553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B50

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

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