#BD8138#BD8138

#BD8138 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.115 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8138
RGB	rgb(189, 129, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 16.34, 47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 50.22, 71.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.0425 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.115 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5524, 26.8074, 7.3585)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8138 #3874BD

analogous

#BD3E38 #BD8138 #B7BD38

triadic

#BD8138 #38BD81 #8138BD

tetradic

#BD8138 #38BD3E #3874BD #BD38B7

square

#BD8138 #38BD3E #3874BD #BD38B7

split-complementary

#BD8138 #38B7BD #3E38BD

monochromatic

#5F411C #8E612A #BD8138 #D09F62 #DEBB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#BD8138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#BD8138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8138

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8138	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)

#958530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 129, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.115 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a572',
    500: '#bd8138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8138;
$custom-light: #d5a572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.932,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6508,
    "c": 0.11514,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8138

secondary

#87A5C9

accent

#8DDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8138

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

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