#BD8D50#BD8D50

#BD8D50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.098 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D50
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 80)
HSL	hsl(34, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, 11.31, 39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 40.85, 73.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.031 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.098 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9608, 30.4500, 11.7819)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D50 #5080BD

analogous

#BD5650 #BD8D50 #B6BD50

triadic

#BD8D50 #50BD8D #8D50BD

tetradic

#BD8D50 #50BD56 #5080BD #BD50B6

square

#BD8D50 #50BD56 #5080BD #BD50B6

split-complementary

#BD8D50 #50B6BD #5650BD

monochromatic

#6A4D28 #976E39 #BD8D50 #CEAA7C #DFC7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BD8D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#BD8D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D50

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D50	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.098 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae82',
    500: '#bd8d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d50;
$custom-light: #d4ae82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.578,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67695,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D50

secondary

#9DB2CC

accent

#8CD553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D50

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

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