#BD8E45#BD8E45

#BD8E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.107 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8E45
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 69)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, 9.95, 44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 46.03, 77.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% 0.0255 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.107 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7353, 30.5968, 9.8634)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8E45 #4574BD

analogous

#BD5245 #BD8E45 #B0BD45

triadic

#BD8E45 #45BD8E #8E45BD

tetradic

#BD8E45 #45BD52 #4574BD #BD45B0

square

#BD8E45 #45BD52 #4574BD #BD45B0

split-complementary

#BD8E45 #45B0BD #5245BD

monochromatic

#644B24 #916D34 #BD8E45 #CDA972 #DDC59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BD8E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BD8E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E45

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8E45	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0903E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.107 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae7b',
    500: '#bd8e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8e45;
$custom-light: #d4ae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67752,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8E45

secondary

#94A9CA

accent

#85D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8E45

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

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