#BD7838#BD7838

#BD7838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.117 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7838
RGB	rgb(189, 120, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.5%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, 21.31, 45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 49.94, 64.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.0572 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.117 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4187, 24.5400, 6.9806)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7838 #387DBD

analogous

#BD383A #BD7838 #BDBA38

triadic

#BD7838 #38BD78 #7838BD

tetradic

#BD7838 #3ABD38 #387DBD #BA38BD

square

#BD7838 #3ABD38 #387DBD #BA38BD

split-complementary

#BD7838 #38BDBA #383ABD

monochromatic

#5F3C1C #8E5A2A #BD7838 #D09762 #DEB691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#BD7838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#BD7838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7838

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7838	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	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)

#8D7E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 120, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.117 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69f71',
    500: '#bd7838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7838;
$custom-light: #d69f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.872,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63394,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7838

secondary

#87AAC9

accent

#97DE4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7838

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

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