#BD8735#BD8735

#BD8735 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.117 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8735
RGB	rgb(189, 135, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, 12.86, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 52.01, 75.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.0318 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.117 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2949, 28.4063, 7.2549)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8735 #356BBD

analogous

#BD4335 #BD8735 #AFBD35

triadic

#BD8735 #35BD87 #8735BD

tetradic

#BD8735 #35BD43 #356BBD #BD35AF

square

#BD8735 #35BD43 #356BBD #BD35AF

split-complementary

#BD8735 #35AFBD #4335BD

monochromatic

#5D431A #8D6528 #BD8735 #D2A45D #DFBF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BD8735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BD8735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8735

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8735	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 135, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.117 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a971',
    500: '#bd8735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8735;
$custom-light: #d5a971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.176,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66209,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8735

secondary

#84A0CA

accent

#84DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8735

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

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