#BD8434#BD8434

#BD8434 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.118 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8434
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 52)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, 14.47, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 52.11, 73.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% 0.0364 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.118 72)
XYZ	xyz(29.8595, 27.5718, 6.9974)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8434 #346DBD

analogous

#BD3F34 #BD8434 #B2BD34

triadic

#BD8434 #34BD84 #8434BD

tetradic

#BD8434 #34BD3F #346DBD #BD34B2

square

#BD8434 #34BD3F #346DBD #BD34B2

split-complementary

#BD8434 #34B2BD #3F34BD

monochromatic

#5D411A #8D6227 #BD8434 #D2A15C #DFBD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BD8434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BD8434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8434

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8434	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#98872A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.118 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a770',
    500: '#bd8434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8434;
$custom-light: #d6a770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.036,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65618,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.27569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8434

secondary

#83A0CA

accent

#87E048

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8434

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

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