#BD8531#BD8531

#BD8531 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.119 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8531
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 13.77, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 53.41, 75.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% 0.034 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.119 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9303, 27.8181, 6.6982)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8531 #3169BD

analogous

#BD3F31 #BD8531 #AFBD31

triadic

#BD8531 #31BD85 #8531BD

tetradic

#BD8531 #31BD3F #3169BD #BD31AF

square

#BD8531 #31BD3F #3169BD #BD31AF

split-complementary

#BD8531 #31AFBD #3F31BD

monochromatic

#5C4118 #8C6324 #BD8531 #D4A258 #E0BD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BD8531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BD8531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8531

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8531	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)

#998826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.119 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a86e',
    500: '#bd8531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8531;
$custom-light: #d6a86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65785,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8531

secondary

#809DCA

accent

#84E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8531

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

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