#BD8935#BD8935

#BD8935 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.117 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8935
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 53)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, 11.76, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 52.25, 76.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% 0.0286 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.117 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5766, 28.9696, 7.3488)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8935 #3569BD

analogous

#BD4535 #BD8935 #ADBD35

triadic

#BD8935 #35BD89 #8935BD

tetradic

#BD8935 #35BD45 #3569BD #BD35AD

square

#BD8935 #35BD45 #3569BD #BD35AD

split-complementary

#BD8935 #35ADBD #4535BD

monochromatic

#5D441A #8D6628 #BD8935 #D2A55D #DFC08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BD8935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BD8935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8935

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8935	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.117 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab71',
    500: '#bd8935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8935;
$custom-light: #d5ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.666,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8935

secondary

#849FCA

accent

#82DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8935

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

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