#BD8E4E#BD8E4E

#BD8E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.100 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8E4E
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(35, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, 10.60, 40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 41.91, 75.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.0287 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.1 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0362, 30.7171, 11.4479)
Luminance	0.3071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8E4E #4E7DBD

analogous

#BD574E #BD8E4E #B4BD4E

triadic

#BD8E4E #4EBD8E #8E4EBD

tetradic

#BD8E4E #4EBD57 #4E7DBD #BD4EB4

square

#BD8E4E #4EBD57 #4E7DBD #BD4EB4

split-complementary

#BD8E4E #4EB4BD #574EBD

monochromatic

#694D27 #966E38 #BD8E4E #CEAA7B #DEC7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BD8E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#BD8E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E4E

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8E4E	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.100 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af81',
    500: '#bd8e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8e4e;
$custom-light: #d4af81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.595,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67865,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8E4E

secondary

#9BB0CC

accent

#8AD552

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8E4E

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

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