#BD7938#BD7938

#BD7938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.117 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7938
RGB	rgb(189, 121, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, 20.75, 45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 49.94, 65.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.0556 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.117 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5396, 24.7818, 7.0209)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7938 #387CBD

analogous

#BD383A #BD7938 #BDBB38

triadic

#BD7938 #38BD79 #7938BD

tetradic

#BD7938 #3ABD38 #387CBD #BB38BD

square

#BD7938 #3ABD38 #387CBD #BB38BD

split-complementary

#BD7938 #38BDBB #383ABD

monochromatic

#5F3D1C #8E5B2A #BD7938 #D09862 #DEB791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#BD7938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#BD7938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7938

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7938	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 121, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.117 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a072',
    500: '#bd7938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7938;
$custom-light: #d6a072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.323,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63578,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7938

secondary

#87A9C9

accent

#96DE4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7938

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

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