#BD8737#BD8737

#BD8737 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.116 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8737
RGB	rgb(189, 135, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, 12.97, 49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 51.18, 75.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.23% 0.0324 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(66.23% 0.116 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3419, 28.4251, 7.5022)
Luminance	0.2842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8737 #376DBD

analogous

#BD4437 #BD8737 #B0BD37

triadic

#BD8737 #37BD87 #8737BD

tetradic

#BD8737 #37BD44 #376DBD #BD37B0

square

#BD8737 #37BD44 #376DBD #BD37B0

split-complementary

#BD8737 #37B0BD #4437BD

monochromatic

#5E431B #8E6529 #BD8737 #D1A460 #DFBF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BD8737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BD8737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8737

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8737	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)

#9A8A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 135, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.116 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a972',
    500: '#bd8737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8737;
$custom-light: #d5a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.821,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66227,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8737

secondary

#86A1C9

accent

#85DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8737

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

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