#BD8637#BD8637

#BD8637 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.116 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8637
RGB	rgb(189, 134, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, 13.52, 49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 51.07, 74.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% 0.034 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.116 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2030, 28.1473, 7.4560)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8637 #376EBD

analogous

#BD4337 #BD8637 #B1BD37

triadic

#BD8637 #37BD86 #8637BD

tetradic

#BD8637 #37BD43 #376EBD #BD37B1

square

#BD8637 #37BD43 #376EBD #BD37B1

split-complementary

#BD8637 #37B1BD #4337BD

monochromatic

#5E431B #8E6429 #BD8637 #D1A360 #DFBE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BD8637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BD8637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8637

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8637	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)

#99892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 134, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.116 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a972',
    500: '#bd8637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8637;
$custom-light: #d5a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.373,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66033,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8637

secondary

#86A2C9

accent

#87DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8637

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

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