#BD8537#BD8537

#BD8537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.116 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8537
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 14.07, 48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 50.97, 73.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.0356 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.116 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0655, 27.8722, 7.4101)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8537 #376FBD

analogous

#BD4237 #BD8537 #B2BD37

triadic

#BD8537 #37BD85 #8537BD

tetradic

#BD8537 #37BD42 #376FBD #BD37B2

square

#BD8537 #37BD42 #376FBD #BD37B2

split-complementary

#BD8537 #37B2BD #4237BD

monochromatic

#5E421B #8E6429 #BD8537 #D1A260 #DFBE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BD8537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#BD8537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8537

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8537	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	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)

#99882E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.116 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a872',
    500: '#bd8537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8537;
$custom-light: #d5a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.925,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65839,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8537

secondary

#86A2C9

accent

#88DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8537

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

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