#BD8137#BD8137

#BD8137 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.116 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8137
RGB	rgb(189, 129, 55)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, 16.28, 47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 50.64, 71.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.0422 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.116 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5282, 26.7977, 7.2310)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8137 #3773BD

analogous

#BD3E37 #BD8137 #B6BD37

triadic

#BD8137 #37BD81 #8137BD

tetradic

#BD8137 #37BD3E #3773BD #BD37B6

square

#BD8137 #37BD3E #3773BD #BD37B6

split-complementary

#BD8137 #37B6BD #3E37BD

monochromatic

#5E401B #8E6129 #BD8137 #D19E60 #DFBB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BD8137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#BD8137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8137

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8137	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 129, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.116 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a571',
    500: '#bd8137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8137;
$custom-light: #d6a571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.134,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6507,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8137

secondary

#86A4C9

accent

#8CDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8137

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

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