#BD8A3A#BD8A3A

#BD8A3A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.114 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A3A
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 58)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, 11.48, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 50.28, 76.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% 0.0285 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.114 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8405, 29.3037, 8.0340)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A3A #3A6DBD

analogous

#BD483A #BD8A3A #AEBD3A

triadic

#BD8A3A #3ABD8A #8A3ABD

tetradic

#BD8A3A #3ABD48 #3A6DBD #BD3AAE

square

#BD8A3A #3ABD48 #3A6DBD #BD3AAE

split-complementary

#BD8A3A #3AAEBD #483ABD

monochromatic

#5F461D #8E682C #BD8A3A #D0A665 #DEC193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BD8A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BD8A3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A3A

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A3A	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)

#9D8C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.114 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac74',
    500: '#bd8a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a3a;
$custom-light: #d5ac74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.641,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66844,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A3A

secondary

#8AA2C9

accent

#84DC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A3A

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

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