#BD8D73#BD8D73

#BD8D73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.069 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D73
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 115)
HSL	hsl(21, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(21, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 39.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 14.77, 20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 25.66, 54.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% 0.0449 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.069 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6068, 31.1084, 20.4507)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D73 #73A3BD

analogous

#BD737E #BD8D73 #BDB273

triadic

#BD8D73 #73BD8D #8D73BD

tetradic

#BD8D73 #7EBD73 #73A3BD #B273BD

square

#BD8D73 #7EBD73 #73A3BD #B273BD

split-complementary

#BD8D73 #73BDB2 #737EBD

monochromatic

#7B513A #A56C4E #BD8D73 #D1AF9D #E4D1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BD8D73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BD8D73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D73

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D73	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59B73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.069 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae9b',
    500: '#bd8d73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d73;
$custom-light: #d2ae9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.081,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68312,
    "c": 0.06934,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D73

secondary

#B8CAD4

accent

#A5CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D73

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

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