#BD8236#BD8236

#BD8236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.116 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8236
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 54)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 15.68, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 51.12, 72.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.0402 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.116 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6369, 27.0530, 7.1502)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8236 #3671BD

analogous

#BD3E36 #BD8236 #B4BD36

triadic

#BD8236 #36BD82 #8236BD

tetradic

#BD8236 #36BD3E #3671BD #BD36B4

square

#BD8236 #36BD3E #3671BD #BD36B4

split-complementary

#BD8236 #36B4BD #3E36BD

monochromatic

#5E411B #8D6128 #BD8236 #D19F5F #DFBC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BD8236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#BD8236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8236

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8236	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)

#96862D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.116 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a671',
    500: '#bd8236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8236;
$custom-light: #d6a671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65252,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8236

secondary

#85A3C9

accent

#8ADF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8236

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

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