#BD8331#BD8331

#BD8331 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.119 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8331
RGB	rgb(189, 131, 49)
HSL	hsl(35, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, 14.88, 51.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 53.23, 73.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.0372 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.119 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6591, 27.2757, 6.6078)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8331 #316BBD

analogous

#BD3D31 #BD8331 #B1BD31

triadic

#BD8331 #31BD83 #8331BD

tetradic

#BD8331 #31BD3D #316BBD #BD31B1

square

#BD8331 #31BD3D #316BBD #BD31B1

split-complementary

#BD8331 #31B1BD #3D31BD

monochromatic

#5C4018 #8C6124 #BD8331 #D4A058 #E0BC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BD8331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#BD8331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8331

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8331	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 131, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.119 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a76e',
    500: '#bd8331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8331;
$custom-light: #d6a76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65399,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8331

secondary

#809FCA

accent

#87E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8331

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

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