#BD7E38#BD7E38

#BD7E38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.116 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7E38
RGB	rgb(189, 126, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(32, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, 17.99, 46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 50.06, 68.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.0474 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.116 65.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1631, 26.0287, 7.2287)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7E38 #3877BD

analogous

#BD3B38 #BD7E38 #B9BD38

triadic

#BD7E38 #38BD7E #7E38BD

tetradic

#BD7E38 #38BD3B #3877BD #BD38B9

square

#BD7E38 #38BD3B #3877BD #BD38B9

split-complementary

#BD7E38 #38B9BD #3B38BD

monochromatic

#5F3F1C #8E5F2A #BD7E38 #D09C62 #DEBA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#BD7E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#BD7E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7E38

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7E38	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 126, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.116 65.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a372',
    500: '#bd7e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7e38;
$custom-light: #d6a372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.579,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64511,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 65.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7E38

secondary

#87A7C9

accent

#90DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF3ED

border

#D4CDC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7E38

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

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