#BD835A#BD835A

#BD835A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.091 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD835A
RGB	rgb(189, 131, 90)
HSL	hsl(25, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(25, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 52.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 17.69, 31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 35.71, 60.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.0513 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.091 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9497, 27.7920, 13.4052)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD835A #5A94BD

analogous

#BD5A63 #BD835A #BDB45A

triadic

#BD835A #5ABD83 #835ABD

tetradic

#BD835A #63BD5A #5A94BD #B45ABD

square

#BD835A #63BD5A #5A94BD #B45ABD

split-complementary

#BD835A #5ABDB4 #5A63BD

monochromatic

#70492D #9C653E #BD835A #CEA486 #E0C5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BD835A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BD835A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD835A

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD835A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD835A	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2955A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd835a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 131, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.091 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a789',
    500: '#bd835a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd835a;
$custom-light: #d4a789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd835a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.848,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65918,
    "c": 0.091,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD835A

secondary

#A5BDCE

accent

#9FD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD835A

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

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