#BD8A36#BD8A36

#BD8A36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.117 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A36
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 11.26, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 51.97, 77.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% 0.0273 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.117 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7426, 29.2645, 7.5188)
Luminance	0.2926 (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

#BD8A36 #3669BD

analogous

#BD4636 #BD8A36 #ADBD36

triadic

#BD8A36 #36BD8A #8A36BD

tetradic

#BD8A36 #36BD46 #3669BD #BD36AD

square

#BD8A36 #36BD46 #3669BD #BD36AD

split-complementary

#BD8A36 #36ADBD #4636BD

monochromatic

#5E441B #8D6728 #BD8A36 #D1A65F #DFC18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BD8A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BD8A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A36

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A36	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	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)

#9D8C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.117 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac72',
    500: '#bd8a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a36;
$custom-light: #d5ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66806,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A36

secondary

#859FC9

accent

#82DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A36

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

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