#BD8833#BD8833

#BD8833 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.118 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8833
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 51)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, 12.21, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 52.94, 76.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.0297 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.118 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3900, 28.6686, 7.0643)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8833 #3368BD

analogous

#BD4333 #BD8833 #ADBD33

triadic

#BD8833 #33BD88 #8833BD

tetradic

#BD8833 #33BD43 #3368BD #BD33AD

square

#BD8833 #33BD43 #3368BD #BD33AD

split-complementary

#BD8833 #33ADBD #4333BD

monochromatic

#5D4319 #8D6526 #BD8833 #D3A55B #E0BF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BD8833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#BD8833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8833

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8833	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)

#9B8A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.118 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa70',
    500: '#bd8833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8833;
$custom-light: #d5aa70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66387,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8833

secondary

#829ECA

accent

#82E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8833

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

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