#BD8635#BD8635

#BD8635 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.117 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8635
RGB	rgb(189, 134, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, 13.42, 50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 51.90, 75.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% 0.0334 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.117 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1560, 28.1285, 7.2086)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8635 #356CBD

analogous

#BD4235 #BD8635 #B0BD35

triadic

#BD8635 #35BD86 #8635BD

tetradic

#BD8635 #35BD42 #356CBD #BD35B0

square

#BD8635 #35BD42 #356CBD #BD35B0

split-complementary

#BD8635 #35B0BD #4235BD

monochromatic

#5D421A #8D6428 #BD8635 #D2A35D #DFBE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BD8635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BD8635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8635

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8635	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 134, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.117 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a971',
    500: '#bd8635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8635;
$custom-light: #d5a971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.735,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66014,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8635

secondary

#84A0CA

accent

#85DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8635

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

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