#BD8740#BD8740

#BD8740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.110 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8740
RGB	rgb(189, 135, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, 13.49, 45.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 47.32, 73.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% 0.0352 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.11 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5776, 28.5194, 8.7438)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8740 #4076BD

analogous

#BD4940 #BD8740 #B5BD40

triadic

#BD8740 #40BD87 #8740BD

tetradic

#BD8740 #40BD49 #4076BD #BD40B5

square

#BD8740 #40BD49 #4076BD #BD40B5

split-complementary

#BD8740 #40B5BD #4940BD

monochromatic

#624621 #8F6631 #BD8740 #CDA46D #DDC09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BD8740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#BD8740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8740

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8740	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 135, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.110 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a978',
    500: '#bd8740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8740;
$custom-light: #d5a978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.08,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6632,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8740

secondary

#90A9C9

accent

#8BD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8740

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

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