#BD7939#BD7939

#BD7939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.116 H 61.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7939
RGB	rgb(189, 121, 57)
HSL	hsl(29, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 20.81, 44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 49.53, 65.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.0559 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.116 61.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5643, 24.7917, 7.1510)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7939 #397DBD

analogous

#BD393B #BD7939 #BDBB39

triadic

#BD7939 #39BD79 #7939BD

tetradic

#BD7939 #3BBD39 #397DBD #BB39BD

square

#BD7939 #3BBD39 #397DBD #BB39BD

split-complementary

#BD7939 #39BDBB #393BBD

monochromatic

#5F3D1D #8E5B2B #BD7939 #D09863 #DEB792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#BD7939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#BD7939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7939

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7939	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	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)

#8E7F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 121, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.116 61.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a072',
    500: '#bd7939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7939;
$custom-light: #d6a072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.091,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63589,
    "c": 0.11611,
    "h": 61.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7939

secondary

#89AAC9

accent

#96DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7939

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

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