#BD8835#BD8835

#BD8835 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.117 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8835
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 53)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, 12.31, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 52.12, 76.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.0302 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.117 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4351, 28.6866, 7.3016)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8835 #356ABD

analogous

#BD4435 #BD8835 #AEBD35

triadic

#BD8835 #35BD88 #8835BD

tetradic

#BD8835 #35BD44 #356ABD #BD35AE

square

#BD8835 #35BD44 #356ABD #BD35AE

split-complementary

#BD8835 #35AEBD #4435BD

monochromatic

#5D431A #8D6628 #BD8835 #D2A45D #DFBF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BD8835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BD8835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8835

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8835	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)

#9B8A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.117 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa71',
    500: '#bd8835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8835;
$custom-light: #d5aa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.618,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66404,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8835

secondary

#849FCA

accent

#83DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8835

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

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