#BD8A2A#BD8A2A

#BD8A2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.124 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A2A
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(39, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, 10.71, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 56.66, 79.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% 0.0242 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.124 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4948, 29.1654, 6.2134)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A2A #2A5DBD

analogous

#BD412A #BD8A2A #A6BD2A

triadic

#BD8A2A #2ABD8A #8A2ABD

tetradic

#BD8A2A #2ABD41 #2A5DBD #BD2AA6

square

#BD8A2A #2ABD41 #2A5DBD #BD2AA6

split-complementary

#BD8A2A #2AA6BD #412ABD

monochromatic

#594114 #8B651F #BD8A2A #D7A74D #E3C07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BD8A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#BD8A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A2A

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A2A	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	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)

#9E8C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.124 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ab6b',
    500: '#bd8a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a2a;
$custom-light: #d6ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.184,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6671,
    "c": 0.12387,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A2A

secondary

#7895CB

accent

#7BE741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A2A

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

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