#BD8A35#BD8A35

#BD8A35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.117 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A35
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 11.21, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 52.38, 77.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% 0.027 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.117 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7194, 29.2552, 7.3964)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A35 #3568BD

analogous

#BD4635 #BD8A35 #ACBD35

triadic

#BD8A35 #35BD8A #8A35BD

tetradic

#BD8A35 #35BD46 #3568BD #BD35AC

square

#BD8A35 #35BD46 #3568BD #BD35AC

split-complementary

#BD8A35 #35ACBD #4635BD

monochromatic

#5D441A #8D6728 #BD8A35 #D2A65D #DFC08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BD8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BD8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A35

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A35	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.117 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac71',
    500: '#bd8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a35;
$custom-light: #d5ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66797,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A35

secondary

#849ECA

accent

#81DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A35

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

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