#BD8936#BD8936

#BD8936 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.117 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8936
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, 11.81, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 51.83, 76.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.0289 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.117 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5998, 28.9789, 7.4712)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8936 #366ABD

analogous

#BD4536 #BD8936 #ADBD36

triadic

#BD8936 #36BD89 #8936BD

tetradic

#BD8936 #36BD45 #366ABD #BD36AD

square

#BD8936 #36BD45 #366ABD #BD36AD

split-complementary

#BD8936 #36ADBD #4536BD

monochromatic

#5E441B #8D6628 #BD8936 #D1A55F #DFC08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BD8936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BD8936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8936

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8936	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.117 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab71',
    500: '#bd8936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8936;
$custom-light: #d5ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66609,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8936

secondary

#85A0C9

accent

#83DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8936

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

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