#BD8037#BD8037

#BD8037 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.116 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8037
RGB	rgb(189, 128, 55)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, 16.83, 47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 50.58, 70.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% 0.0438 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.116 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3971, 26.5356, 7.1873)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8037 #3774BD

analogous

#BD3D37 #BD8037 #B7BD37

triadic

#BD8037 #37BD80 #8037BD

tetradic

#BD8037 #37BD3D #3774BD #BD37B7

square

#BD8037 #37BD3D #3774BD #BD37B7

split-complementary

#BD8037 #37B7BD #3D37BD

monochromatic

#5E401B #8E6029 #BD8037 #D19E60 #DFBB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#BD8037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#BD8037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8037

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8037	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94842E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 128, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.116 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a471',
    500: '#bd8037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8037;
$custom-light: #d6a471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.687,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6488,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8037

secondary

#86A5C9

accent

#8DDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8037

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

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