#BD8B59#BD8B59

#BD8B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.090 H 65.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B59
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(30, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, 13.18, 34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 36.50, 68.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% 0.0377 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.09 65.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0237, 30.0075, 13.5546)
Luminance	0.3000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B59 #598BBD

analogous

#BD5959 #BD8B59 #BDBD59

triadic

#BD8B59 #59BD8B #8B59BD

tetradic

#BD8B59 #59BD59 #598BBD #BD59BD

square

#BD8B59 #59BD59 #598BBD #BD59BD

split-complementary

#BD8B59 #59BDBD #5959BD

monochromatic

#6F4E2C #9B6C3E #BD8B59 #CEAA85 #E0C8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BD8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BD8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B59

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B59	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.090 65.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac89',
    500: '#bd8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b59;
$custom-light: #d4ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67438,
    "c": 0.09015,
    "h": 65.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B59

secondary

#A4B9CE

accent

#94D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B59

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

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