#BD8431#BD8431

#BD8431 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.119 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8431
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, 14.32, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 53.32, 74.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% 0.0356 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.119 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7940, 27.5456, 6.6528)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8431 #316ABD

analogous

#BD3E31 #BD8431 #B0BD31

triadic

#BD8431 #31BD84 #8431BD

tetradic

#BD8431 #31BD3E #316ABD #BD31B0

square

#BD8431 #31BD3E #316ABD #BD31B0

split-complementary

#BD8431 #31B0BD #3E31BD

monochromatic

#5C4018 #8C6224 #BD8431 #D4A158 #E0BC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BD8431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BD8431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8431

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8431	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.119 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a76e',
    500: '#bd8431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8431;
$custom-light: #d6a76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65591,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8431

secondary

#809ECA

accent

#85E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8431

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

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