Information about #BD8A37 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A clearly saturated amber-leaning orange, #BD8A37 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Hokey Pokey (#BB8E34). Slightly further away sit Pizza (#BF8D3C) and Jandal (#B78239).
The recipe behind #BD8A37 is rgb(189, 138, 55), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 6.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #BD8A37 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#BD8A37 color variations
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#BD8A37 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#BD8A37 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#BD8A37 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#BD8A37 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#BD8A37 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #BD8A37 color
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Nearest named colors to #BD8A37
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#BB8E34
#BF8D3C
#B78239
#B98036
#B78038
#C68E3F
#BB8141
#C5832E
#B38D42
#B0903D
#C48F2A
#BD7E2D
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BD8A37
- RGB189, 138, 55
- CMYK0, 20, 53, 26
- CSSrgb(189, 138, 55)
- HSL37°, 55%, 48%
- HSL Precise37.164°, 54.918%, 47.843%
- HSV37°, 71%, 74%
- HSB37°, 71%, 74%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.741
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.541
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.216
- GLSLvec3(0.741, 0.541, 0.216)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.741, 0.541, 0.216, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.741, 0.541, 0.216)
- Percentage of Red in RGB74.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB54.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB21.6%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDBD8A37
- DECIMAL ID12421687
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
