#BD8834#BD8834

#BD8834 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.118 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8834
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 52)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, 12.26, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 52.53, 76.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.0299 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.118 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4123, 28.6775, 7.1817)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8834 #3469BD

analogous

#BD4334 #BD8834 #AEBD34

triadic

#BD8834 #34BD88 #8834BD

tetradic

#BD8834 #34BD43 #3469BD #BD34AE

square

#BD8834 #34BD43 #3469BD #BD34AE

split-complementary

#BD8834 #34AEBD #4334BD

monochromatic

#5D431A #8D6527 #BD8834 #D2A45C #DFBF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BD8834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BD8834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8834

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8834	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.118 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa70',
    500: '#bd8834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8834;
$custom-light: #d5aa70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.788,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66395,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8834

secondary

#839ECA

accent

#83E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8834

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

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