#BD8A33#BD8A33

#BD8A33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.119 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A33
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 51)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, 11.11, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 53.19, 77.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% 0.0264 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.119 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6743, 29.2372, 7.1591)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A33 #3366BD

analogous

#BD4533 #BD8A33 #ABBD33

triadic

#BD8A33 #33BD8A #8A33BD

tetradic

#BD8A33 #33BD45 #3366BD #BD33AB

square

#BD8A33 #33BD45 #3366BD #BD33AB

split-complementary

#BD8A33 #33ABBD #4533BD

monochromatic

#5D4419 #8D6726 #BD8A33 #D3A65B #E0C08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BD8A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BD8A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A33

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A33	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.119 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac70',
    500: '#bd8a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a33;
$custom-light: #d5ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.826,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66779,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A33

secondary

#829DCA

accent

#80E147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A33

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

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