#BD8235#BD8235

#BD8235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.117 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8235
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 53)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, 15.63, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 51.54, 72.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.0399 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.117 70)
XYZ	xyz(29.6136, 27.0437, 7.0278)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8235 #3570BD

analogous

#BD3E35 #BD8235 #B4BD35

triadic

#BD8235 #35BD82 #8235BD

tetradic

#BD8235 #35BD3E #3570BD #BD35B4

square

#BD8235 #35BD3E #3570BD #BD35B4

split-complementary

#BD8235 #35B4BD #3E35BD

monochromatic

#5D401A #8D6128 #BD8235 #D29F5D #DFBC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BD8235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#BD8235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8235

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8235	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.117 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a670',
    500: '#bd8235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8235;
$custom-light: #d6a670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.971,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65242,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.27041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8235

secondary

#84A2CA

accent

#8ADF48

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8235

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

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