#BD8D48#BD8D48

#BD8D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.104 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D48
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 72)
HSL	hsl(35, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, 10.71, 43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 44.52, 76.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% 0.0281 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.104 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6827, 30.3387, 10.3169)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D48 #4878BD

analogous

#BD5248 #BD8D48 #B2BD48

triadic

#BD8D48 #48BD8D #8D48BD

tetradic

#BD8D48 #48BD52 #4878BD #BD48B2

square

#BD8D48 #48BD52 #4878BD #BD48B2

split-complementary

#BD8D48 #48B2BD #5248BD

monochromatic

#664B25 #936C35 #BD8D48 #CDA975 #DDC5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BD8D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BD8D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D48

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D48	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.104 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae7d',
    500: '#bd8d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d48;
$custom-light: #d4ae7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.385,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6759,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D48

secondary

#97ACCA

accent

#88D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D48

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

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