#BD8E49#BD8E49

#BD8E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.104 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8E49
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, 10.23, 43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 44.21, 76.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% 0.0269 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.104 75)
XYZ	xyz(31.8637, 30.6481, 10.5395)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8E49 #4978BD

analogous

#BD5449 #BD8E49 #B2BD49

triadic

#BD8E49 #49BD8E #8E49BD

tetradic

#BD8E49 #49BD54 #4978BD #BD49B2

square

#BD8E49 #49BD54 #4978BD #BD49B2

split-complementary

#BD8E49 #49B2BD #5449BD

monochromatic

#664C25 #936D35 #BD8E49 #CDAA76 #DEC6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BD8E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#BD8E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E49

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8E49	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.104 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af7e',
    500: '#bd8e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8e49;
$custom-light: #d4af7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.69,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.678,
    "c": 0.1036,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.30646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8E49

secondary

#97ACCA

accent

#87D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8E49

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

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