#BD7638#BD7638

#BD7638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.118 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7638
RGB	rgb(189, 118, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, 22.41, 44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 49.96, 63.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% 0.0605 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.118 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1807, 24.0640, 6.9013)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7638 #387FBD

analogous

#BD383C #BD7638 #BDB838

triadic

#BD7638 #38BD76 #7638BD

tetradic

#BD7638 #3CBD38 #387FBD #B838BD

square

#BD7638 #3CBD38 #387FBD #B838BD

split-complementary

#BD7638 #38BDB8 #383CBD

monochromatic

#5F3B1C #8E592A #BD7638 #D09562 #DEB591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#BD7638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#BD7638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7638

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7638	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 118, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.118 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69e71',
    500: '#bd7638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7638;
$custom-light: #d69e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.97,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63028,
    "c": 0.1177,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7638

secondary

#87ABC9

accent

#99DE4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7638

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

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