#BD8535#BD8535

#BD8535 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.117 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8535
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, 13.97, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 51.80, 74.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% 0.0351 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.117 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0185, 27.8534, 7.1627)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8535 #356DBD

analogous

#BD4135 #BD8535 #B1BD35

triadic

#BD8535 #35BD85 #8535BD

tetradic

#BD8535 #35BD41 #356DBD #BD35B1

square

#BD8535 #35BD41 #356DBD #BD35B1

split-complementary

#BD8535 #35B1BD #4135BD

monochromatic

#5D421A #8D6328 #BD8535 #D2A25D #DFBD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BD8535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#BD8535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8535

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8535	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)

#99882B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.117 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a871',
    500: '#bd8535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8535;
$custom-light: #d5a871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6582,
    "c": 0.11692,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8535

secondary

#84A1CA

accent

#87DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8535

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

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