#BD7937#BD7937

#BD7937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.117 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7937
RGB	rgb(189, 121, 55)
HSL	hsl(30, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(30, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, 20.70, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 50.35, 65.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.0552 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.117 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5154, 24.7721, 6.8934)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7937 #377BBD

analogous

#BD3738 #BD7937 #BDBC37

triadic

#BD7937 #37BD79 #7937BD

tetradic

#BD7937 #38BD37 #377BBD #BC37BD

square

#BD7937 #38BD37 #377BBD #BC37BD

split-complementary

#BD7937 #37BDBC #3738BD

monochromatic

#5E3C1B #8E5B29 #BD7937 #D19860 #DFB790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#BD7937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#BD7937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7937

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7937	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 121, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.117 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a071',
    500: '#bd7937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7937;
$custom-light: #d6a071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.552,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63568,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7937

secondary

#86A8C9

accent

#95DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7937

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

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