#BD8A2B#BD8A2B

#BD8A2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.123 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A2B
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, 10.75, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 56.29, 78.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.0244 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.123 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5129, 29.1726, 6.3089)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A2B #2B5EBD

analogous

#BD412B #BD8A2B #A7BD2B

triadic

#BD8A2B #2BBD8A #8A2BBD

tetradic

#BD8A2B #2BBD41 #2B5EBD #BD2BA7

square

#BD8A2B #2BBD41 #2B5EBD #BD2BA7

split-complementary

#BD8A2B #2BA7BD #412BBD

monochromatic

#594114 #8B6620 #BD8A2B #D7A74E #E2C080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BD8A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#BD8A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A2B

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A2B	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)

#9E8C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.123 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ab6b',
    500: '#bd8a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a2b;
$custom-light: #d6ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.041,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66717,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A2B

secondary

#7996CB

accent

#7BE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A2B

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

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