#BD8F55#BD8F55

#BD8F55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.094 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8F55
RGB	rgb(189, 143, 85)
HSL	hsl(33, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(33, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, 10.62, 37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 38.81, 74.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% 0.0296 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.094 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4501, 31.1218, 12.8905)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8F55 #5583BD

analogous

#BD5B55 #BD8F55 #B7BD55

triadic

#BD8F55 #55BD8F #8F55BD

tetradic

#BD8F55 #55BD5B #5583BD #BD55B7

square

#BD8F55 #55BD5B #5583BD #BD55B7

split-complementary

#BD8F55 #55B7BD #5B55BD

monochromatic

#6D502A #99703C #BD8F55 #CEAC81 #DFC9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BD8F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BD8F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8F55

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8F55	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 143, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.094 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af86',
    500: '#bd8f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8f55;
$custom-light: #d4af86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.462,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68161,
    "c": 0.0937,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8F55

secondary

#A1B4CD

accent

#8DD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8F55

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

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