#BD8A39#BD8A39

#BD8A39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.115 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A39
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 57)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, 11.42, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 50.71, 76.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% 0.0282 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.115 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8153, 29.2936, 7.9013)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A39 #396CBD

analogous

#BD4839 #BD8A39 #AEBD39

triadic

#BD8A39 #39BD8A #8A39BD

tetradic

#BD8A39 #39BD48 #396CBD #BD39AE

square

#BD8A39 #39BD48 #396CBD #BD39AE

split-complementary

#BD8A39 #39AEBD #4839BD

monochromatic

#5F451D #8E682B #BD8A39 #D0A663 #DEC192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BD8A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BD8A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A39

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A39	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)

#9D8C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.115 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac73',
    500: '#bd8a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a39;
$custom-light: #d5ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.818,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66834,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A39

secondary

#89A2C9

accent

#83DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A39

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

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