#BD8839#BD8839

#BD8839 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.115 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8839
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 12.52, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 50.45, 75.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% 0.0314 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.115 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5310, 28.7250, 7.8066)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8839 #396EBD

analogous

#BD4639 #BD8839 #B0BD39

triadic

#BD8839 #39BD88 #8839BD

tetradic

#BD8839 #39BD46 #396EBD #BD39B0

square

#BD8839 #39BD46 #396EBD #BD39B0

split-complementary

#BD8839 #39B0BD #4639BD

monochromatic

#5F441D #8E662B #BD8839 #D0A463 #DEC092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BD8839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BD8839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8839

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8839	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)

#9B8A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.115 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5aa73',
    500: '#bd8839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8839;
$custom-light: #d5aa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.909,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66442,
    "c": 0.11454,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8839

secondary

#89A3C9

accent

#85DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8839

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

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