#BD8B63#BD8B63

#BD8B63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.082 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B63
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 99)
HSL	hsl(27, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, 14.13, 28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 32.08, 63.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% 0.0417 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.082 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4725, 30.1871, 15.9183)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B63 #6395BD

analogous

#BD6368 #BD8B63 #BDB863

triadic

#BD8B63 #63BD8B #8B63BD

tetradic

#BD8B63 #68BD63 #6395BD #B863BD

square

#BD8B63 #68BD63 #6395BD #B863BD

split-complementary

#BD8B63 #63BDB8 #6368BD

monochromatic

#744F31 #9F6C43 #BD8B63 #CFAB8E #E1CBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BD8B63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BD8B63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B63

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B63	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8F60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69A63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.082 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ad90',
    500: '#bd8b63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b63;
$custom-light: #d3ad90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67609,
    "c": 0.082,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B63

secondary

#ABC0D0

accent

#9BD057

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B63

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

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