#BD8539#BD8539

#BD8539 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.114 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8539
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 57)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, 14.18, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 50.13, 73.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.0362 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.114 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1144, 27.8918, 7.6677)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8539 #3971BD

analogous

#BD4339 #BD8539 #B3BD39

triadic

#BD8539 #39BD85 #8539BD

tetradic

#BD8539 #39BD43 #3971BD #BD39B3

square

#BD8539 #39BD43 #3971BD #BD39B3

split-complementary

#BD8539 #39B3BD #4339BD

monochromatic

#5F431D #8E642B #BD8539 #D0A263 #DEBE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BD8539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#BD8539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8539

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8539	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6953B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.114 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a873',
    500: '#bd8539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8539;
$custom-light: #d5a873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.545,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65858,
    "c": 0.11436,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8539

secondary

#89A4C9

accent

#89DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8539

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

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