#BD8432#BD8432

#BD8432 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.119 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8432
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 50)
HSL	hsl(35, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, 14.37, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 52.92, 74.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0358 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.119 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8154, 27.5542, 6.7652)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8432 #326BBD

analogous

#BD3F32 #BD8432 #B1BD32

triadic

#BD8432 #32BD84 #8432BD

tetradic

#BD8432 #32BD3F #326BBD #BD32B1

square

#BD8432 #32BD3F #326BBD #BD32B1

split-complementary

#BD8432 #32B1BD #3F32BD

monochromatic

#5C4018 #8D6225 #BD8432 #D3A159 #E0BC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BD8432 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BD8432 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8432

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8432	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8432	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8432;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.119 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a76f',
    500: '#bd8432',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8432;
$custom-light: #d6a76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8432",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.396,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.656,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8432

secondary

#819FCA

accent

#86E146

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8432

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

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