#BD8A34#BD8A34

#BD8A34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.118 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A34
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 52)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, 11.16, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 52.79, 77.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.0267 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.118 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6966, 29.2461, 7.2765)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A34 #3467BD

analogous

#BD4634 #BD8A34 #ACBD34

triadic

#BD8A34 #34BD8A #8A34BD

tetradic

#BD8A34 #34BD46 #3467BD #BD34AC

square

#BD8A34 #34BD46 #3467BD #BD34AC

split-complementary

#BD8A34 #34ACBD #4634BD

monochromatic

#5D441A #8D6727 #BD8A34 #D2A65C #DFC08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BD8A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BD8A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A34

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A34	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)

#9D8C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.118 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac70',
    500: '#bd8a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a34;
$custom-light: #d5ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.664,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66788,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A34

secondary

#839DCA

accent

#80E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A34

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

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