#BD8336#BD8336

#BD8336 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.116 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8336
RGB	rgb(189, 131, 54)
HSL	hsl(34, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 15.12, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 51.20, 72.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0386 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.116 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7705, 27.3203, 7.1947)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8336 #3670BD

analogous

#BD3F36 #BD8336 #B4BD36

triadic

#BD8336 #36BD83 #8336BD

tetradic

#BD8336 #36BD3F #3670BD #BD36B4

square

#BD8336 #36BD3F #3670BD #BD36B4

split-complementary

#BD8336 #36B4BD #3F36BD

monochromatic

#5E411B #8D6228 #BD8336 #D1A05F #DFBC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BD8336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#BD8336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8336

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8336	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 131, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.116 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a771',
    500: '#bd8336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8336;
$custom-light: #d5a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65444,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8336

secondary

#85A3C9

accent

#89DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8336

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

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