#BD8436#BD8436

#BD8436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.116 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8436
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 14.57, 49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 51.29, 73.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.037 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.116 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9055, 27.5902, 7.2397)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8436 #366FBD

analogous

#BD4136 #BD8436 #B2BD36

triadic

#BD8436 #36BD84 #8436BD

tetradic

#BD8436 #36BD41 #366FBD #BD36B2

square

#BD8436 #36BD41 #366FBD #BD36B2

split-complementary

#BD8436 #36B2BD #4136BD

monochromatic

#5E421B #8D6328 #BD8436 #D1A15F #DFBD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BD8436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BD8436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8436

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8436	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)

#98872D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.116 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a771',
    500: '#bd8436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8436;
$custom-light: #d5a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65636,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8436

secondary

#85A2C9

accent

#88DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8436

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

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