#BD8F56#BD8F56

#BD8F56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.093 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8F56
RGB	rgb(189, 143, 86)
HSL	hsl(33, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(33, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, 10.71, 36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 38.35, 73.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.03 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.093 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4901, 31.1378, 13.1012)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8F56 #5684BD

analogous

#BD5C56 #BD8F56 #B8BD56

triadic

#BD8F56 #56BD8F #8F56BD

tetradic

#BD8F56 #56BD5C #5684BD #BD56B8

square

#BD8F56 #56BD5C #5684BD #BD56B8

split-complementary

#BD8F56 #56B8BD #5C56BD

monochromatic

#6E502B #9A703C #BD8F56 #CEAC82 #DFC9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BD8F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#BD8F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8F56

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8F56	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 143, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.093 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4af87',
    500: '#bd8f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8f56;
$custom-light: #d4af87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.204,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68176,
    "c": 0.09284,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8F56

secondary

#A1B5CD

accent

#8DD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8F56

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

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