#BD8F52#BD8F52

#BD8F52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.096 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8F52
RGB	rgb(189, 143, 82)
HSL	hsl(34, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.57, 10.37, 38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.57, 40.21, 75.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% 0.0285 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.096 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3334, 31.0751, 12.2761)
Luminance	0.3107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8F52 #5280BD

analogous

#BD5952 #BD8F52 #B5BD52

triadic

#BD8F52 #52BD8F #8F52BD

tetradic

#BD8F52 #52BD59 #5280BD #BD52B5

square

#BD8F52 #52BD59 #5280BD #BD52B5

split-complementary

#BD8F52 #52B5BD #5952BD

monochromatic

#6C4F29 #986F3A #BD8F52 #CEAC7E #DFC8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BD8F52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#BD8F52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8F52

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8F52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8F52	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0914D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8f52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 143, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.096 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af84',
    500: '#bd8f52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8f52;
$custom-light: #d4af84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8f52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.206,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68118,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8F52

secondary

#9EB2CC

accent

#8BD453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8F52

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

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