#BD8536#BD8536

#BD8536 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.116 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8536
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, 14.02, 49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 51.38, 74.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.0354 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.116 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0417, 27.8627, 7.2851)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8536 #366EBD

analogous

#BD4136 #BD8536 #B2BD36

triadic

#BD8536 #36BD85 #8536BD

tetradic

#BD8536 #36BD41 #366EBD #BD36B2

square

#BD8536 #36BD41 #366EBD #BD36B2

split-complementary

#BD8536 #36B2BD #4136BD

monochromatic

#5E421B #8D6428 #BD8536 #D1A25F #DFBE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BD8536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#BD8536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8536

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8536	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)

#99882C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.116 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a871',
    500: '#bd8536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8536;
$custom-light: #d5a871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65829,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8536

secondary

#85A2C9

accent

#87DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8536

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

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