#BD8A31#BD8A31

#BD8A31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.120 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A31
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, 11.01, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 53.99, 78.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.0259 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.12 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6312, 29.2199, 6.9319)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A31 #3164BD

analogous

#BD4431 #BD8A31 #AABD31

triadic

#BD8A31 #31BD8A #8A31BD

tetradic

#BD8A31 #31BD44 #3164BD #BD31AA

square

#BD8A31 #31BD44 #3164BD #BD31AA

split-complementary

#BD8A31 #31AABD #4431BD

monochromatic

#5C4318 #8C6724 #BD8A31 #D4A658 #E0C088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BD8A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BD8A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A31

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A31	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)

#9D8C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.120 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac6f',
    500: '#bd8a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a31;
$custom-light: #d5ac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66763,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A31

secondary

#809BCA

accent

#7FE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A31

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

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