#BD8D75#BD8D75

#BD8D75 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.068 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D75
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 117)
HSL	hsl(20, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(20, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 38.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, 15.01, 19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 24.94, 52.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% 0.0458 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.068 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7231, 31.1549, 21.0634)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D75 #75A5BD

analogous

#BD7581 #BD8D75 #BDB175

triadic

#BD8D75 #75BD8D #8D75BD

tetradic

#BD8D75 #81BD75 #75A5BD #B175BD

square

#BD8D75 #81BD75 #75A5BD #B175BD

split-complementary

#BD8D75 #75BDB1 #7581BD

monochromatic

#7C513B #A66C4F #BD8D75 #D1AF9E #E5D1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BD8D75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#BD8D75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D75

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D75	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59B75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.068 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae9d',
    500: '#bd8d75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d75;
$custom-light: #d2ae9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68355,
    "c": 0.06801,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D75

secondary

#B9CCD5

accent

#A6CB5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D75

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

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