#BD8937#BD8937

#BD8937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.116 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8937
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 11.86, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 51.42, 76.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% 0.0292 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.116 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6235, 28.9884, 7.5961)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8937 #376BBD

analogous

#BD4637 #BD8937 #AEBD37

triadic

#BD8937 #37BD89 #8937BD

tetradic

#BD8937 #37BD46 #376BBD #BD37AE

square

#BD8937 #37BD46 #376BBD #BD37AE

split-complementary

#BD8937 #37AEBD #4637BD

monochromatic

#5E441B #8E6729 #BD8937 #D1A560 #DFC090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BD8937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BD8937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8937

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8937	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)

#9C8B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.116 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab72',
    500: '#bd8937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8937;
$custom-light: #d5ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.716,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66618,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8937

secondary

#86A0C9

accent

#83DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8937

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

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