#BD8F49#BD8F49

#BD8F49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.104 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8F49
RGB	rgb(189, 143, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, 9.68, 43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 44.38, 77.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.0253 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.104 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0131, 30.9470, 10.5893)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8F49 #4977BD

analogous

#BD5549 #BD8F49 #B1BD49

triadic

#BD8F49 #49BD8F #8F49BD

tetradic

#BD8F49 #49BD55 #4977BD #BD49B1

square

#BD8F49 #49BD55 #4977BD #BD49B1

split-complementary

#BD8F49 #49B1BD #5549BD

monochromatic

#664D25 #936E35 #BD8F49 #CDAB76 #DEC6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#BD8F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#BD8F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8F49

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8F49	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 143, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.104 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af7e',
    500: '#bd8f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8f49;
$custom-light: #d4af7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.207,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67998,
    "c": 0.1038,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8F49

secondary

#97ACCA

accent

#86D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8F49

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

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