#BD7535#BD7535

#BD7535 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.120 H 59.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7535
RGB	rgb(189, 117, 53)
HSL	hsl(28, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 22.80, 45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 51.19, 63.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.0612 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.12 59.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9924, 23.8012, 6.4874)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7535 #357DBD

analogous

#BD3539 #BD7535 #BDB935

triadic

#BD7535 #35BD75 #7535BD

tetradic

#BD7535 #39BD35 #357DBD #B935BD

square

#BD7535 #39BD35 #357DBD #B935BD

split-complementary

#BD7535 #35BDB9 #3539BD

monochromatic

#5D3A1A #8D5728 #BD7535 #D2945D #DFB48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#BD7535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#BD7535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7535

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7535	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 117, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.120 59.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69d6f',
    500: '#bd7535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7535;
$custom-light: #d69d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62815,
    "c": 0.11973,
    "h": 59.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7535

secondary

#84A9CA

accent

#98DF48

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7535

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

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