#BD8A21#BD8A21

#BD8A21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.128 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A21
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 10.39, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 59.71, 79.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% 0.0223 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.128 80)
XYZ	xyz(30.3514, 29.1080, 5.4584)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A21 #2154BD

analogous

#BD3C21 #BD8A21 #A2BD21

triadic

#BD8A21 #21BD8A #8A21BD

tetradic

#BD8A21 #21BD3C #2154BD #BD21A2

square

#BD8A21 #21BD3C #2154BD #BD21A2

split-complementary

#BD8A21 #21A2BD #3C21BD

monochromatic

#553E0F #896418 #BD8A21 #DDA93E #E6C072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BD8A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BD8A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A21

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A21	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.128 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ab66',
    500: '#bd8a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a21;
$custom-light: #d6ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66654,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.29106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A21

secondary

#6D8CCD

accent

#75ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A21

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

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