#BD8532#BD8532

#BD8532 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.119 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8532
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 50)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, 13.82, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 53.01, 74.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% 0.0342 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.119 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9516, 27.8267, 6.8106)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8532 #326ABD

analogous

#BD3F32 #BD8532 #B0BD32

triadic

#BD8532 #32BD85 #8532BD

tetradic

#BD8532 #32BD3F #326ABD #BD32B0

square

#BD8532 #32BD3F #326ABD #BD32B0

split-complementary

#BD8532 #32B0BD #3F32BD

monochromatic

#5C4118 #8D6325 #BD8532 #D3A259 #E0BD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BD8532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BD8532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8532

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8532	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)

#998827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.119 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a86f',
    500: '#bd8532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8532;
$custom-light: #d6a86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.827,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65794,
    "c": 0.11875,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8532

secondary

#819ECA

accent

#85E146

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8532

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

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