#BD8A23#BD8A23

#BD8A23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.127 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A23
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, 10.46, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 59.07, 79.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% 0.0227 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.127 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3803, 29.1196, 5.6104)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A23 #2356BD

analogous

#BD3D23 #BD8A23 #A3BD23

triadic

#BD8A23 #23BD8A #8A23BD

tetradic

#BD8A23 #23BD3D #2356BD #BD23A3

square

#BD8A23 #23BD3D #2356BD #BD23A3

split-complementary

#BD8A23 #23A3BD #3D23BD

monochromatic

#563F10 #896419 #BD8A23 #DCA941 #E5C075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BD8A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#BD8A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A23

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A23	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)

#9E8B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.127 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ab67',
    500: '#bd8a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a23;
$custom-light: #d6ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.13,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66666,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A23

secondary

#6F8ECD

accent

#76EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A23

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

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