#BD8636#BD8636

#BD8636 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.116 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8636
RGB	rgb(189, 134, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 13.47, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 51.49, 74.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% 0.0337 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.116 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1793, 28.1378, 7.3310)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8636 #366DBD

analogous

#BD4336 #BD8636 #B0BD36

triadic

#BD8636 #36BD86 #8636BD

tetradic

#BD8636 #36BD43 #366DBD #BD36B0

square

#BD8636 #36BD43 #366DBD #BD36B0

split-complementary

#BD8636 #36B0BD #4336BD

monochromatic

#5E431B #8D6428 #BD8636 #D1A35F #DFBE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BD8636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BD8636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8636

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8636	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)

#9A892C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 134, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.116 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a971',
    500: '#bd8636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8636;
$custom-light: #d5a971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66023,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8636

secondary

#85A1C9

accent

#86DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8636

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

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