#BD8038#BD8038

#BD8038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.115 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8038
RGB	rgb(189, 128, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(32, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, 16.89, 47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 50.16, 70.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.0441 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.115 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4214, 26.5453, 7.3148)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8038 #3875BD

analogous

#BD3D38 #BD8038 #B7BD38

triadic

#BD8038 #38BD80 #8038BD

tetradic

#BD8038 #38BD3D #3875BD #BD38B7

square

#BD8038 #38BD3D #3875BD #BD38B7

split-complementary

#BD8038 #38B7BD #3D38BD

monochromatic

#5F401C #8E602A #BD8038 #D09E62 #DEBB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#BD8038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#BD8038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8038

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8038	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)

#948430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 128, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.115 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a472',
    500: '#bd8038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8038;
$custom-light: #d5a472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.481,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6489,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8038

secondary

#87A6C9

accent

#8EDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8038

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

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