#BD8A38#BD8A38

#BD8A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.115 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A38
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, 11.37, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 51.13, 77.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0279 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.115 76)
XYZ	xyz(30.7906, 29.2837, 7.7713)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A38 #386BBD

analogous

#BD4738 #BD8A38 #AEBD38

triadic

#BD8A38 #38BD8A #8A38BD

tetradic

#BD8A38 #38BD47 #386BBD #BD38AE

square

#BD8A38 #38BD47 #386BBD #BD38AE

split-complementary

#BD8A38 #38AEBD #4738BD

monochromatic

#5F451C #8E682A #BD8A38 #D0A662 #DEC191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BD8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BD8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A38

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A38	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.115 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac73',
    500: '#bd8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a38;
$custom-light: #d5ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.992,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66824,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.29281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A38

secondary

#87A1C9

accent

#83DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A38

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

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