#BD8832#BD8832

#BD8832 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.119 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8832
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 50)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, 12.16, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 53.34, 76.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.0294 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.119 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3682, 28.6599, 6.9495)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8832 #3267BD

analogous

#BD4232 #BD8832 #ADBD32

triadic

#BD8832 #32BD88 #8832BD

tetradic

#BD8832 #32BD42 #3267BD #BD32AD

square

#BD8832 #32BD42 #3267BD #BD32AD

split-complementary

#BD8832 #32ADBD #4232BD

monochromatic

#5C4218 #8D6525 #BD8832 #D3A559 #E0BF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BD8832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#BD8832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8832

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8832	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.119 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa6f',
    500: '#bd8832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8832;
$custom-light: #d5aa6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.122,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66378,
    "c": 0.119,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8832

secondary

#819DCA

accent

#82E146

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8832

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

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