#BD8338#BD8338

#BD8338 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.115 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8338
RGB	rgb(189, 131, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 15.23, 48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 50.37, 72.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.0392 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.115 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8185, 27.3395, 7.4472)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8338 #3872BD

analogous

#BD4138 #BD8338 #B4BD38

triadic

#BD8338 #38BD83 #8338BD

tetradic

#BD8338 #38BD41 #3872BD #BD38B4

square

#BD8338 #38BD41 #3872BD #BD38B4

split-complementary

#BD8338 #38B4BD #4138BD

monochromatic

#5F421C #8E622A #BD8338 #D0A062 #DEBD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BD8338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#BD8338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8338

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8338	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)

#97872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 131, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.115 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a772',
    500: '#bd8338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8338;
$custom-light: #d5a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.835,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65463,
    "c": 0.11503,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8338

secondary

#87A4C9

accent

#8ADE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8338

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

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