#BD8D55#BD8D55

#BD8D55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.094 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D55
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 85)
HSL	hsl(32, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(32, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, 11.72, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 38.54, 72.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% 0.0329 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.094 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1525, 30.5267, 12.7913)
Luminance	0.3052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D55 #5585BD

analogous

#BD5955 #BD8D55 #B9BD55

triadic

#BD8D55 #55BD8D #8D55BD

tetradic

#BD8D55 #55BD59 #5585BD #BD55B9

square

#BD8D55 #55BD59 #5585BD #BD55B9

split-complementary

#BD8D55 #55B9BD #5955BD

monochromatic

#6D4E2A #996E3C #BD8D55 #CEAB81 #DFC8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BD8D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BD8D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D55

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D55	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)

#9D8F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.094 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae86',
    500: '#bd8d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d55;
$custom-light: #d4ae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.308,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67767,
    "c": 0.09351,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D55

secondary

#A1B5CD

accent

#8FD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D55

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

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