#BD8438#BD8438

#BD8438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.115 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8438
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, 14.68, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 50.46, 73.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.0376 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.115 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9534, 27.6094, 7.4922)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8438 #3871BD

analogous

#BD4238 #BD8438 #B3BD38

triadic

#BD8438 #38BD84 #8438BD

tetradic

#BD8438 #38BD42 #3871BD #BD38B3

square

#BD8438 #38BD42 #3871BD #BD38B3

split-complementary

#BD8438 #38B3BD #4238BD

monochromatic

#5F421C #8E632A #BD8438 #D0A162 #DEBD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BD8438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BD8438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8438

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8438	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)

#98872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.115 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a772',
    500: '#bd8438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8438;
$custom-light: #d5a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65655,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8438

secondary

#87A4C9

accent

#89DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8438

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

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