#BD7836#BD7836

#BD7836 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.118 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7836
RGB	rgb(189, 120, 54)
HSL	hsl(29, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.5%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 21.20, 46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 50.75, 65.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.0566 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.118 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3708, 24.5208, 6.7282)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7836 #367BBD

analogous

#BD3638 #BD7836 #BDBB36

triadic

#BD7836 #36BD78 #7836BD

tetradic

#BD7836 #38BD36 #367BBD #BB36BD

square

#BD7836 #38BD36 #367BBD #BB36BD

split-complementary

#BD7836 #36BDBB #3638BD

monochromatic

#5E3C1B #8D5A28 #BD7836 #D1975F #DFB68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#BD7836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#BD7836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7836

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7836	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 120, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.118 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69f70',
    500: '#bd7836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7836;
$custom-light: #d69f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63373,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7836

secondary

#85A8C9

accent

#96DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7836

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

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