#BD8C35#BD8C35

#BD8C35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.118 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8C35
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 10.11, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 52.66, 78.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% 0.0238 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.118 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0090, 29.8344, 7.4929)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8C35 #3566BD

analogous

#BD4835 #BD8C35 #AABD35

triadic

#BD8C35 #35BD8C #8C35BD

tetradic

#BD8C35 #35BD48 #3566BD #BD35AA

square

#BD8C35 #35BD48 #3566BD #BD35AA

split-complementary

#BD8C35 #35AABD #4835BD

monochromatic

#5D451A #8D6928 #BD8C35 #D2A85D #DFC28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BD8C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BD8C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8C35

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8C35	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.118 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ad71',
    500: '#bd8c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8c35;
$custom-light: #d5ad71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.382,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67192,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8C35

secondary

#849DCA

accent

#7FDF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8C35

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

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