#BD8D53#BD8D53

#BD8D53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.095 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D53
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 83)
HSL	hsl(33, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, 11.56, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 39.46, 72.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% 0.0321 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.095 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0742, 30.4953, 12.3788)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D53 #5383BD

analogous

#BD5853 #BD8D53 #B8BD53

triadic

#BD8D53 #53BD8D #8D53BD

tetradic

#BD8D53 #53BD58 #5383BD #BD53B8

square

#BD8D53 #53BD58 #5383BD #BD53B8

split-complementary

#BD8D53 #53B8BD #5853BD

monochromatic

#6C4E29 #986E3A #BD8D53 #CEAA7F #DFC8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BD8D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BD8D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D53

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D53	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.095 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae85',
    500: '#bd8d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d53;
$custom-light: #d4ae85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.83,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67738,
    "c": 0.0952,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D53

secondary

#9FB4CD

accent

#8ED454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D53

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

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