#BD7438#BD7438

#BD7438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.118 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7438
RGB	rgb(189, 116, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 23.51, 44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 50.02, 61.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.0638 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.119 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9477, 23.5979, 6.8236)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7438 #3881BD

analogous

#BD383E #BD7438 #BDB738

triadic

#BD7438 #38BD74 #7438BD

tetradic

#BD7438 #3EBD38 #3881BD #B738BD

square

#BD7438 #3EBD38 #3881BD #B738BD

split-complementary

#BD7438 #38BDB7 #383EBD

monochromatic

#5F3A1C #8E572A #BD7438 #D09462 #DEB491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#BD7438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#BD7438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7438

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7438	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)

#8A7B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6467

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 116, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.118 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69c71',
    500: '#bd7438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7438;
$custom-light: #d69c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.068,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62666,
    "c": 0.1185,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7438

secondary

#87ACC9

accent

#9BDE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7438

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

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