#BD8836#BD8836

#BD8836 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.117 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8836
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, 12.36, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 51.71, 76.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% 0.0305 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.117 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4583, 28.6959, 7.4240)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8836 #366BBD

analogous

#BD4436 #BD8836 #AFBD36

triadic

#BD8836 #36BD88 #8836BD

tetradic

#BD8836 #36BD44 #366BBD #BD36AF

square

#BD8836 #36BD44 #366BBD #BD36AF

split-complementary

#BD8836 #36AFBD #4436BD

monochromatic

#5E431B #8D6628 #BD8836 #D1A45F #DFBF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BD8836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BD8836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8836

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8836	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)

#9B8A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.117 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa71',
    500: '#bd8836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8836;
$custom-light: #d5aa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66413,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8836

secondary

#85A0C9

accent

#84DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8836

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

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