#BD8D65#BD8D65

#BD8D65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.080 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D65
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 101)
HSL	hsl(27, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(27, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, 13.23, 28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 31.33, 65.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% 0.0392 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.08 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8615, 30.8103, 16.5255)
Luminance	0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D65 #6595BD

analogous

#BD6569 #BD8D65 #BDB965

triadic

#BD8D65 #65BD8D #8D65BD

tetradic

#BD8D65 #69BD65 #6595BD #B965BD

square

#BD8D65 #69BD65 #6595BD #B965BD

split-complementary

#BD8D65 #65BDB9 #6569BD

monochromatic

#755132 #A06E45 #BD8D65 #CFAD90 #E2CCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BD8D65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#BD8D65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D65

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D65	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79B66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8383

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.080 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae91',
    500: '#bd8d65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d65;
$custom-light: #d3ae91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68034,
    "c": 0.08004,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D65

secondary

#ADC1D1

accent

#99D058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D65

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

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