#BD7238#BD7238

#BD7238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.119 H 55.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7238
RGB	rgb(189, 114, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(26, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 24.60, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 50.10, 60.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.067 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.119 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7196, 23.1418, 6.7476)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7238 #3883BD

analogous

#BD3841 #BD7238 #BDB438

triadic

#BD7238 #38BD72 #7238BD

tetradic

#BD7238 #41BD38 #3883BD #B438BD

square

#BD7238 #41BD38 #3883BD #B438BD

split-complementary

#BD7238 #38BDB4 #3841BD

monochromatic

#5F391C #8E562A #BD7238 #D09262 #DEB391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#BD7238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#BD7238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7238

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7238	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 114, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.119 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69b71',
    500: '#bd7238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7238;
$custom-light: #d69b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.165,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62306,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7238

secondary

#87ADC9

accent

#9DDE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7238

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

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