#BD8B37#BD8B37

#BD8B37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.116 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B37
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, 10.76, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 51.69, 77.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% 0.026 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.116 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9105, 29.5623, 7.6918)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B37 #3769BD

analogous

#BD4837 #BD8B37 #ACBD37

triadic

#BD8B37 #37BD8B #8B37BD

tetradic

#BD8B37 #37BD48 #3769BD #BD37AC

square

#BD8B37 #37BD48 #3769BD #BD37AC

split-complementary

#BD8B37 #37ACBD #4837BD

monochromatic

#5E451B #8E6829 #BD8B37 #D1A760 #DFC190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BD8B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BD8B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B37

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B37	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)

#9E8D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.116 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac72',
    500: '#bd8b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b37;
$custom-light: #d5ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.612,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67012,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B37

secondary

#869FC9

accent

#81DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B37

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

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