#BD8337#BD8337

#BD8337 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.116 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8337
RGB	rgb(189, 131, 55)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 15.18, 48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 50.79, 72.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% 0.0389 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.116 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7942, 27.3298, 7.3197)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8337 #3771BD

analogous

#BD4037 #BD8337 #B4BD37

triadic

#BD8337 #37BD83 #8337BD

tetradic

#BD8337 #37BD40 #3771BD #BD37B4

square

#BD8337 #37BD40 #3771BD #BD37B4

split-complementary

#BD8337 #37B4BD #4037BD

monochromatic

#5E411B #8E6229 #BD8337 #D1A060 #DFBC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BD8337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#BD8337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8337

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8337	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 131, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.116 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a772',
    500: '#bd8337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8337;
$custom-light: #d5a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.03,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65453,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8337

secondary

#86A3C9

accent

#8ADE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8337

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

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