#BD7837#BD7837

#BD7837 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.118 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7837
RGB	rgb(189, 120, 55)
HSL	hsl(29, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.5%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 21.25, 45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 50.35, 65.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.0569 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.118 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3945, 24.5303, 6.8531)
Luminance	0.2453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7837 #377CBD

analogous

#BD3739 #BD7837 #BDBB37

triadic

#BD7837 #37BD78 #7837BD

tetradic

#BD7837 #39BD37 #377CBD #BB37BD

square

#BD7837 #39BD37 #377CBD #BB37BD

split-complementary

#BD7837 #37BDBB #3739BD

monochromatic

#5E3C1B #8E5A29 #BD7837 #D19760 #DFB690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#BD7837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#BD7837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7837

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7837	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 120, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.118 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69f71',
    500: '#bd7837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7837;
$custom-light: #d69f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.104,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63384,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7837

secondary

#86A9C9

accent

#96DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7837

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

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