#BD8A25#BD8A25

#BD8A25 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.126 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A25
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 37)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 80.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, 10.52, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 58.41, 79.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.0231 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.126 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4108, 29.1318, 5.7712)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A25 #2558BD

analogous

#BD3E25 #BD8A25 #A4BD25

triadic

#BD8A25 #25BD8A #8A25BD

tetradic

#BD8A25 #25BD3E #2558BD #BD25A4

square

#BD8A25 #25BD3E #2558BD #BD25A4

split-complementary

#BD8A25 #25A4BD #3E25BD

monochromatic

#573F11 #8A651B #BD8A25 #DBA845 #E5C078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#BD8A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#BD8A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A25

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A25	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.126 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ab68',
    500: '#bd8a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a25;
$custom-light: #d6ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.868,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66677,
    "c": 0.12639,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A25

secondary

#7290CC

accent

#78EA3E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A25

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

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