#BD8A37#BD8A37

#BD8A37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.116 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A37
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, 11.31, 50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 51.55, 77.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0276 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.116 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7664, 29.2740, 7.6437)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A37 #376ABD

analogous

#BD4737 #BD8A37 #ADBD37

triadic

#BD8A37 #37BD8A #8A37BD

tetradic

#BD8A37 #37BD47 #376ABD #BD37AD

square

#BD8A37 #37BD47 #376ABD #BD37AD

split-complementary

#BD8A37 #37ADBD #4737BD

monochromatic

#5E451B #8E6729 #BD8A37 #D1A660 #DFC190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BD8A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BD8A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A37

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A37	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	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)

#9D8C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.116 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac72',
    500: '#bd8a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a37;
$custom-light: #d5ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.164,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66815,
    "c": 0.11613,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A37

secondary

#86A0C9

accent

#82DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A37

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

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