#BD8D57#BD8D57

#BD8D57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.092 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D57
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 87)
HSL	hsl(32, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(32, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, 11.90, 35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 37.62, 71.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% 0.0337 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.092 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2331, 30.5589, 13.2157)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D57 #5787BD

analogous

#BD5A57 #BD8D57 #BABD57

triadic

#BD8D57 #57BD8D #8D57BD

tetradic

#BD8D57 #57BD5A #5787BD #BD57BA

square

#BD8D57 #57BD5A #5787BD #BD57BA

split-complementary

#BD8D57 #57BABD #5A57BD

monochromatic

#6E4F2B #9A6E3D #BD8D57 #CEAB83 #E0C9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BD8D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#BD8D57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D57

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D57	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)

#9D9053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.092 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae87',
    500: '#bd8d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d57;
$custom-light: #d4ae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.765,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67798,
    "c": 0.09182,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D57

secondary

#A2B7CE

accent

#90D354

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D57

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

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