#BD8435#BD8435

#BD8435 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.117 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8435
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, 14.52, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 51.70, 73.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% 0.0367 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.117 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8822, 27.5809, 7.1173)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8435 #356EBD

analogous

#BD4035 #BD8435 #B2BD35

triadic

#BD8435 #35BD84 #8435BD

tetradic

#BD8435 #35BD40 #356EBD #BD35B2

square

#BD8435 #35BD40 #356EBD #BD35B2

split-complementary

#BD8435 #35B2BD #4035BD

monochromatic

#5D411A #8D6328 #BD8435 #D2A15D #DFBD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BD8435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BD8435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8435

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8435	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98872B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.117 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a771',
    500: '#bd8435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8435;
$custom-light: #d5a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.853,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65627,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8435

secondary

#84A1CA

accent

#88DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8435

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

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