#BD8D56#BD8D56

#BD8D56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.093 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D56
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 86)
HSL	hsl(32, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(32, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, 11.81, 36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 38.08, 71.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% 0.0333 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.093 69)
XYZ	xyz(32.1925, 30.5427, 13.0020)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D56 #5686BD

analogous

#BD5A56 #BD8D56 #BABD56

triadic

#BD8D56 #56BD8D #8D56BD

tetradic

#BD8D56 #56BD5A #5686BD #BD56BA

square

#BD8D56 #56BD5A #5686BD #BD56BA

split-complementary

#BD8D56 #56BABD #5A56BD

monochromatic

#6E4F2B #9A6E3C #BD8D56 #CEAB82 #DFC8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BD8D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#BD8D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D56

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D56	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.093 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae87',
    500: '#bd8d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d56;
$custom-light: #d4ae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.039,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67782,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.3054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D56

secondary

#A1B6CD

accent

#90D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D56

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

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