#BD7437#BD7437

#BD7437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.119 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7437
RGB	rgb(189, 116, 55)
HSL	hsl(27, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 23.45, 44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 50.42, 62.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.0634 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.119 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9235, 23.5882, 6.6961)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7437 #3780BD

analogous

#BD373D #BD7437 #BDB737

triadic

#BD7437 #37BD74 #7437BD

tetradic

#BD7437 #3DBD37 #3780BD #B737BD

square

#BD7437 #3DBD37 #3780BD #B737BD

split-complementary

#BD7437 #37BDB7 #373DBD

monochromatic

#5E3A1B #8E5729 #BD7437 #D19460 #DFB490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#BD7437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#BD7437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7437

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7437	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 116, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.119 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69c71',
    500: '#bd7437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7437;
$custom-light: #d69c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.313,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62655,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7437

secondary

#86ABC9

accent

#9BDE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7437

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

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