#BD8231#BD8231

#BD8231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.119 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8231
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(35, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 15.43, 50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 53.15, 73.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.0388 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.119 71)
XYZ	xyz(29.5254, 27.0084, 6.5633)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8231 #316CBD

analogous

#BD3C31 #BD8231 #B2BD31

triadic

#BD8231 #31BD82 #8231BD

tetradic

#BD8231 #31BD3C #316CBD #BD31B2

square

#BD8231 #31BD3C #316CBD #BD31B2

split-complementary

#BD8231 #31B2BD #3C31BD

monochromatic

#5C3F18 #8C6124 #BD8231 #D49F58 #E0BB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BD8231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#BD8231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8231

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8231	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.119 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a66e',
    500: '#bd8231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8231;
$custom-light: #d6a66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65206,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.27006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8231

secondary

#809FCA

accent

#88E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8231

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

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