#BD8A3B#BD8A3B

#BD8A3B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.113 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A3B
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 59)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 11.53, 48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 49.86, 76.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.0288 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.113 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8662, 29.3139, 8.1693)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A3B #3B6EBD

analogous

#BD493B #BD8A3B #AFBD3B

triadic

#BD8A3B #3BBD8A #8A3BBD

tetradic

#BD8A3B #3BBD49 #3B6EBD #BD3BAF

square

#BD8A3B #3BBD49 #3B6EBD #BD3BAF

split-complementary

#BD8A3B #3BAFBD #493BBD

monochromatic

#60461E #8E682C #BD8A3B #CFA666 #DEC195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BD8A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BD8A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A3B

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A3B	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)

#9D8C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.113 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac75',
    500: '#bd8a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a3b;
$custom-light: #d5ac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.462,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66853,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A3B

secondary

#8BA3C9

accent

#84DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A3B

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

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