#BD8B36#BD8B36

#BD8B36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.117 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B36
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, 10.71, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 52.10, 78.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67% 0.0257 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.117 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8868, 29.5528, 7.5668)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B36 #3668BD

analogous

#BD4836 #BD8B36 #ABBD36

triadic

#BD8B36 #36BD8B #8B36BD

tetradic

#BD8B36 #36BD48 #3668BD #BD36AB

square

#BD8B36 #36BD48 #3668BD #BD36AB

split-complementary

#BD8B36 #36ABBD #4836BD

monochromatic

#5E451B #8D6828 #BD8B36 #D1A75F #DFC18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BD8B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BD8B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B36

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B36	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)

#9E8D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.117 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac72',
    500: '#bd8b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b36;
$custom-light: #d5ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67003,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B36

secondary

#859FC9

accent

#80DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B36

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

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