#BD8933#BD8933

#BD8933 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.119 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8933
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 51)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, 11.66, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 53.06, 77.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% 0.028 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.119 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5315, 28.9516, 7.1115)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8933 #3367BD

analogous

#BD4433 #BD8933 #ACBD33

triadic

#BD8933 #33BD89 #8933BD

tetradic

#BD8933 #33BD44 #3367BD #BD33AC

square

#BD8933 #33BD44 #3367BD #BD33AC

split-complementary

#BD8933 #33ACBD #4433BD

monochromatic

#5D4319 #8D6626 #BD8933 #D3A55B #E0C08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BD8933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BD8933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8933

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8933	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.119 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab70',
    500: '#bd8933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8933;
$custom-light: #d5ab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66583,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8933

secondary

#829DCA

accent

#81E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8933

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

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