#BD8232#BD8232

#BD8232 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.119 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8232
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 50)
HSL	hsl(35, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 15.48, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 52.75, 72.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.0391 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.119 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5468, 27.0169, 6.6757)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8232 #326DBD

analogous

#BD3C32 #BD8232 #B3BD32

triadic

#BD8232 #32BD82 #8232BD

tetradic

#BD8232 #32BD3C #326DBD #BD32B3

square

#BD8232 #32BD3C #326DBD #BD32B3

split-complementary

#BD8232 #32B3BD #3C32BD

monochromatic

#5C3F18 #8D6125 #BD8232 #D39F59 #E0BB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BD8232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#BD8232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8232

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8232	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.119 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a66f',
    500: '#bd8232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8232;
$custom-light: #d6a66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.532,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65215,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8232

secondary

#81A0CA

accent

#88E146

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8232

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

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