#BD8939#BD8939

#BD8939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.115 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8939
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, 11.97, 49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 50.58, 76.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% 0.0298 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.115 75)
XYZ	xyz(30.6725, 29.0080, 7.8537)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8939 #396DBD

analogous

#BD4739 #BD8939 #AFBD39

triadic

#BD8939 #39BD89 #8939BD

tetradic

#BD8939 #39BD47 #396DBD #BD39AF

square

#BD8939 #39BD47 #396DBD #BD39AF

split-complementary

#BD8939 #39AFBD #4739BD

monochromatic

#5F451D #8E672B #BD8939 #D0A563 #DEC092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BD8939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BD8939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8939

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8939	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)

#9C8B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.115 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab73',
    500: '#bd8939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8939;
$custom-light: #d5ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66637,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.29006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8939

secondary

#89A2C9

accent

#84DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8939

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

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