#BD8B35#BD8B35

#BD8B35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.118 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B35
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, 10.66, 51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 52.52, 78.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.0254 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.118 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8635, 29.5435, 7.4444)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B35 #3567BD

analogous

#BD4735 #BD8B35 #ABBD35

triadic

#BD8B35 #35BD8B #8B35BD

tetradic

#BD8B35 #35BD47 #3567BD #BD35AB

square

#BD8B35 #35BD47 #3567BD #BD35AB

split-complementary

#BD8B35 #35ABBD #4735BD

monochromatic

#5D451A #8D6828 #BD8B35 #D2A75D #DFC18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BD8B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BD8B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B35

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B35	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.118 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac71',
    500: '#bd8b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b35;
$custom-light: #d5ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.941,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66994,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B35

secondary

#849ECA

accent

#80DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B35

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

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