#BD8A2C#BD8A2C

#BD8A2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.123 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A2C
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 44)
HSL	hsl(39, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, 10.79, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 55.92, 78.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.0246 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.123 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5315, 29.1801, 6.4067)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A2C #2C5FBD

analogous

#BD422C #BD8A2C #A7BD2C

triadic

#BD8A2C #2CBD8A #8A2CBD

tetradic

#BD8A2C #2CBD42 #2C5FBD #BD2CA7

square

#BD8A2C #2CBD42 #2C5FBD #BD2CA7

split-complementary

#BD8A2C #2CA7BD #422CBD

monochromatic

#5A4215 #8B6620 #BD8A2C #D6A750 #E2C082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BD8A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BD8A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A2C

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A2C	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.123 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ab6c',
    500: '#bd8a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a2c;
$custom-light: #d6ab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.897,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66724,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A2C

secondary

#7A96CB

accent

#7CE542

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A2C

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

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