#BD8738#BD8738

#BD8738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.115 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8738
RGB	rgb(189, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, 13.02, 49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 50.76, 75.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.0327 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.115 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3661, 28.4347, 7.6298)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8738 #386EBD

analogous

#BD4438 #BD8738 #B0BD38

triadic

#BD8738 #38BD87 #8738BD

tetradic

#BD8738 #38BD44 #386EBD #BD38B0

square

#BD8738 #38BD44 #386EBD #BD38B0

split-complementary

#BD8738 #38B0BD #4438BD

monochromatic

#5F441C #8E652A #BD8738 #D0A362 #DEBF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BD8738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#BD8738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8738

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8738	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.115 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a973',
    500: '#bd8738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8738;
$custom-light: #d5a973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.639,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66237,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8738

secondary

#87A2C9

accent

#86DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8738

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

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