#BD8437#BD8437

#BD8437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.116 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8437
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 55)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, 14.62, 48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 50.88, 73.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0373 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.116 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9292, 27.5997, 7.3647)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8437 #3770BD

analogous

#BD4137 #BD8437 #B3BD37

triadic

#BD8437 #37BD84 #8437BD

tetradic

#BD8437 #37BD41 #3770BD #BD37B3

square

#BD8437 #37BD41 #3770BD #BD37B3

split-complementary

#BD8437 #37B3BD #4137BD

monochromatic

#5E421B #8E6329 #BD8437 #D1A160 #DFBD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BD8437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BD8437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8437

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8437	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)

#98872E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.116 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a772',
    500: '#bd8437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8437;
$custom-light: #d5a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.478,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65646,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8437

secondary

#86A3C9

accent

#89DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8437

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

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