#BD9137#BD9137

#BD9137 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.118 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9137
RGB	rgb(189, 145, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, 7.47, 52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 52.66, 81.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% 0.0164 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.118 82)
XYZ	xyz(31.8032, 31.3477, 7.9893)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9137 #3763BD

analogous

#BD4E37 #BD9137 #A6BD37

triadic

#BD9137 #37BD91 #9137BD

tetradic

#BD9137 #37BD4E #3763BD #BD37A6

square

#BD9137 #37BD4E #3763BD #BD37A6

split-complementary

#BD9137 #37A6BD #4E37BD

monochromatic

#5E481B #8E6D29 #BD9137 #D1AC60 #DFC590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BD9137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#BD9137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9137

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9137	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 145, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.118 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b173',
    500: '#bd9137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9137;
$custom-light: #d5b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68207,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.31345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9137

secondary

#869CC9

accent

#7ADE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9137

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

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