#BD8B53#BD8B53

#BD8B53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.095 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B53
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 83)
HSL	hsl(32, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 12.66, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 39.22, 71.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% 0.0354 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.095 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7819, 29.9108, 12.2814)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B53 #5385BD

analogous

#BD5653 #BD8B53 #BABD53

triadic

#BD8B53 #53BD8B #8B53BD

tetradic

#BD8B53 #53BD56 #5385BD #BD53BA

square

#BD8B53 #53BD56 #5385BD #BD53BA

split-complementary

#BD8B53 #53BABD #5653BD

monochromatic

#6C4D29 #986C3A #BD8B53 #CEA97F #DFC7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BD8B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BD8B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B53

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B53	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.095 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac84',
    500: '#bd8b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b53;
$custom-light: #d4ac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.698,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67346,
    "c": 0.09509,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B53

secondary

#9FB5CD

accent

#90D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B53

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

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