#BD8838#BD8838

#BD8838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.115 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8838
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, 12.47, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 50.88, 75.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.0311 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.115 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5063, 28.7151, 7.6765)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8838 #386DBD

analogous

#BD4538 #BD8838 #AFBD38

triadic

#BD8838 #38BD88 #8838BD

tetradic

#BD8838 #38BD45 #386DBD #BD38AF

square

#BD8838 #38BD45 #386DBD #BD38AF

split-complementary

#BD8838 #38AFBD #4538BD

monochromatic

#5F441C #8E662A #BD8838 #D0A462 #DEC091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BD8838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BD8838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8838

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8838	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	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)

#9B8A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.115 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa73',
    500: '#bd8838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8838;
$custom-light: #d5aa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.09,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66432,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8838

secondary

#87A2C9

accent

#85DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8838

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

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