#BD7538#BD7538

#BD7538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.118 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7538
RGB	rgb(189, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, 22.96, 44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 49.99, 62.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.0621 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.118 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0636, 23.8297, 6.8622)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7538 #3880BD

analogous

#BD383D #BD7538 #BDB738

triadic

#BD7538 #38BD75 #7538BD

tetradic

#BD7538 #3DBD38 #3880BD #B738BD

square

#BD7538 #3DBD38 #3880BD #B738BD

split-complementary

#BD7538 #38BDB7 #383DBD

monochromatic

#5F3B1C #8E582A #BD7538 #D09562 #DEB491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#BD7538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#BD7538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7538

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7538	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.118 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69d71',
    500: '#bd7538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7538;
$custom-light: #d69d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.519,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62846,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7538

secondary

#87ABC9

accent

#9ADE4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7538

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

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