#BD8837#BD8837

#BD8837 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.116 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8837
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, 12.42, 49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 51.30, 75.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.0308 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.116 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4821, 28.7054, 7.5490)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8837 #376CBD

analogous

#BD4537 #BD8837 #AFBD37

triadic

#BD8837 #37BD88 #8837BD

tetradic

#BD8837 #37BD45 #376CBD #BD37AF

square

#BD8837 #37BD45 #376CBD #BD37AF

split-complementary

#BD8837 #37AFBD #4537BD

monochromatic

#5E441B #8E6629 #BD8837 #D1A460 #DFBF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BD8837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BD8837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8837

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8837	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)

#9B8A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.116 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa72',
    500: '#bd8837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8837;
$custom-light: #d5aa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.269,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66423,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8837

secondary

#86A1C9

accent

#84DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8837

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

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