#BD8533#BD8533

#BD8533 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.118 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8533
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 51)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, 13.87, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 52.61, 74.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0345 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.118 73)
XYZ	xyz(29.9734, 27.8354, 6.9255)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8533 #336BBD

analogous

#BD4033 #BD8533 #B0BD33

triadic

#BD8533 #33BD85 #8533BD

tetradic

#BD8533 #33BD40 #336BBD #BD33B0

square

#BD8533 #33BD40 #336BBD #BD33B0

split-complementary

#BD8533 #33B0BD #4033BD

monochromatic

#5D4119 #8D6326 #BD8533 #D3A25B #E0BD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BD8533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#BD8533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8533

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8533	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.118 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a86f',
    500: '#bd8533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8533;
$custom-light: #d6a86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.652,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65802,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.27833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8533

secondary

#829FCA

accent

#85E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8533

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

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