#BD7537#BD7537

#BD7537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.119 H 58.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7537
RGB	rgb(189, 117, 55)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 22.90, 44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 50.39, 62.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.0618 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.119 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0394, 23.8200, 6.7347)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7537 #377FBD

analogous

#BD373C #BD7537 #BDB837

triadic

#BD7537 #37BD75 #7537BD

tetradic

#BD7537 #3CBD37 #377FBD #B837BD

square

#BD7537 #3CBD37 #377FBD #B837BD

split-complementary

#BD7537 #37BDB8 #373CBD

monochromatic

#5E3A1B #8E5829 #BD7537 #D19460 #DFB490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#BD7537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#BD7537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7537

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7537	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#8B7C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 117, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.119 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69d71',
    500: '#bd7537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7537;
$custom-light: #d69d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.761,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62836,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7537

secondary

#86AAC9

accent

#99DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7537

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

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