#BD8A30#BD8A30

#BD8A30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.120 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A30
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 48)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, 10.97, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 54.39, 78.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.0256 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.121 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6103, 29.2116, 6.8220)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A30 #3063BD

analogous

#BD4430 #BD8A30 #AABD30

triadic

#BD8A30 #30BD8A #8A30BD

tetradic

#BD8A30 #30BD44 #3063BD #BD30AA

square

#BD8A30 #30BD44 #3063BD #BD30AA

split-complementary

#BD8A30 #30AABD #4430BD

monochromatic

#5B4317 #8C6624 #BD8A30 #D4A756 #E0C087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BD8A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BD8A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A30

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A30	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)

#9D8C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.120 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac6e',
    500: '#bd8a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a30;
$custom-light: #d6ac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66755,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A30

secondary

#7F9ACA

accent

#7EE345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A30

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

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