#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
RGBrgb(189, 139, 53)
HSLhsl(38, 56%, 47%)
HSVhsv(38, 72%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 26.5%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(61.26, 10.66, 51.42)
CIE-LCHlch(61.26, 52.52, 78.29°)
OKLaboklab(66.99% 0.0254 0.1148)
OKLCHoklch(66.99% 0.118 77.5)
XYZxyz(30.8635, 29.5435, 7.4444)
Luminance0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##BD8B351.003.046.916.91
#FFFFFF3.041.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9121.001.001.00
##0000006.9121.001.001.00

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

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#BD8B35 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva