#BD7737#BD7737

#BD7737 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.118 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7737
RGB	rgb(189, 119, 55)
HSL	hsl(29, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 21.80, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 50.35, 64.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.0585 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.118 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2749, 24.2910, 6.8132)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7737 #377DBD

analogous

#BD373A #BD7737 #BDBA37

triadic

#BD7737 #37BD77 #7737BD

tetradic

#BD7737 #3ABD37 #377DBD #BA37BD

square

#BD7737 #3ABD37 #377DBD #BA37BD

split-complementary

#BD7737 #37BDBA #373ABD

monochromatic

#5E3B1B #8E5929 #BD7737 #D19660 #DFB590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#BD7737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#BD7737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7737

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7737	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 119, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.118 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69e71',
    500: '#bd7737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7737;
$custom-light: #d69e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.657,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.632,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7737

secondary

#86A9C9

accent

#97DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7737

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

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