#BD7738#BD7738

#BD7738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.117 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7738
RGB	rgb(189, 119, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, 21.86, 44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 49.95, 64.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% 0.0588 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.117 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2991, 24.3007, 6.9408)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7738 #387EBD

analogous

#BD383B #BD7738 #BDB938

triadic

#BD7738 #38BD77 #7738BD

tetradic

#BD7738 #3BBD38 #387EBD #B938BD

square

#BD7738 #3BBD38 #387EBD #B938BD

split-complementary

#BD7738 #38BDB9 #383BBD

monochromatic

#5F3C1C #8E592A #BD7738 #D09662 #DEB691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#BD7738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#BD7738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7738

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7738	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	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)

#8C7E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 119, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.117 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69e71',
    500: '#bd7738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7738;
$custom-light: #d69e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.421,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63211,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7738

secondary

#87AAC9

accent

#98DE4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7738

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

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