#BD8E50#BD8E50

#BD8E50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.098 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8E50
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 80)
HSL	hsl(34, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, 10.76, 39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 40.99, 74.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% 0.0294 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.098 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1090, 30.7462, 11.8313)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8E50 #507FBD

analogous

#BD5750 #BD8E50 #B6BD50

triadic

#BD8E50 #50BD8E #8E50BD

tetradic

#BD8E50 #50BD57 #507FBD #BD50B6

square

#BD8E50 #50BD57 #507FBD #BD50B6

split-complementary

#BD8E50 #50B6BD #5750BD

monochromatic

#6A4E28 #976E39 #BD8E50 #CEAB7C #DFC7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BD8E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#BD8E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E50

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8E50	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F904A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.098 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af83',
    500: '#bd8e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8e50;
$custom-light: #d4af83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.128,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67892,
    "c": 0.09783,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8E50

secondary

#9DB1CC

accent

#8BD553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8E50

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

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