#BD8238#BD8238

#BD8238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.115 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8238
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, 15.78, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 50.29, 71.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.0408 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.115 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6848, 27.0721, 7.4027)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8238 #3873BD

analogous

#BD3F38 #BD8238 #B6BD38

triadic

#BD8238 #38BD82 #8238BD

tetradic

#BD8238 #38BD3F #3873BD #BD38B6

square

#BD8238 #38BD3F #3873BD #BD38B6

split-complementary

#BD8238 #38B6BD #3F38BD

monochromatic

#5F411C #8E622A #BD8238 #D09F62 #DEBC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BD8238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#BD8238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8238

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8238	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.115 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a672',
    500: '#bd8238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8238;
$custom-light: #d5a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.383,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65271,
    "c": 0.11507,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8238

secondary

#87A5C9

accent

#8CDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8238

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

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