#BD8530#BD8530

#BD8530 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.120 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8530
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 48)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 13.73, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 53.81, 75.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% 0.0337 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.12 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9094, 27.8098, 6.5883)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8530 #3068BD

analogous

#BD3E30 #BD8530 #AFBD30

triadic

#BD8530 #30BD85 #8530BD

tetradic

#BD8530 #30BD3E #3068BD #BD30AF

square

#BD8530 #30BD3E #3068BD #BD30AF

split-complementary

#BD8530 #30AFBD #3E30BD

monochromatic

#5B4017 #8C6324 #BD8530 #D4A256 #E0BD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BD8530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BD8530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8530

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8530	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.120 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a86e',
    500: '#bd8530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8530;
$custom-light: #d6a86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.17,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65777,
    "c": 0.11993,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8530

secondary

#7F9DCA

accent

#84E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8530

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

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