#BD8237#BD8237

#BD8237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.116 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8237
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 55)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, 15.73, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 50.71, 71.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% 0.0405 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.116 69.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6606, 27.0625, 7.2751)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8237 #3772BD

analogous

#BD3F37 #BD8237 #B5BD37

triadic

#BD8237 #37BD82 #8237BD

tetradic

#BD8237 #37BD3F #3772BD #BD37B5

square

#BD8237 #37BD3F #3772BD #BD37B5

split-complementary

#BD8237 #37B5BD #3F37BD

monochromatic

#5E411B #8E6129 #BD8237 #D19F60 #DFBC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BD8237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#BD8237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8237

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8237	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)

#96862E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.116 69.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a672',
    500: '#bd8237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8237;
$custom-light: #d5a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.582,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65261,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 69.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8237

secondary

#86A4C9

accent

#8BDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8237

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

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