#BD8638#BD8638

#BD8638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.115 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8638
RGB	rgb(189, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, 13.57, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 50.65, 74.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% 0.0343 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.115 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2272, 28.1570, 7.5835)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8638 #386FBD

analogous

#BD4338 #BD8638 #B1BD38

triadic

#BD8638 #38BD86 #8638BD

tetradic

#BD8638 #38BD43 #386FBD #BD38B1

square

#BD8638 #38BD43 #386FBD #BD38B1

split-complementary

#BD8638 #38B1BD #4338BD

monochromatic

#5F431C #8E652A #BD8638 #D0A362 #DEBE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BD8638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BD8638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8638

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8638	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)

#99892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.115 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a972',
    500: '#bd8638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8638;
$custom-light: #d5a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.188,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66042,
    "c": 0.11506,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8638

secondary

#87A3C9

accent

#87DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8638

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

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