Exploring the Color #BD8C50

#BD8C50 sits at 33° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 45% saturation and 53% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, balanced tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 189, 140, 80 produces a 7.03:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #BD8C50 is a distant relative of CSS goldenrod — about 61 units away from #DAA520. Designers reach for orange hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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