#BD8A3C#BD8A3C

#BD8A3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.113 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A3C
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 60)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, 11.59, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 49.43, 76.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0291 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.113 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8923, 29.3244, 8.3072)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A3C #3C6FBD

analogous

#BD4A3C #BD8A3C #B0BD3C

triadic

#BD8A3C #3CBD8A #8A3CBD

tetradic

#BD8A3C #3CBD4A #3C6FBD #BD3CB0

square

#BD8A3C #3CBD4A #3C6FBD #BD3CB0

split-complementary

#BD8A3C #3CB0BD #4A3CBD

monochromatic

#60461F #8F682D #BD8A3C #CFA667 #DEC196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BD8A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BD8A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A3C

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A3C	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)

#9D8C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.113 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac75',
    500: '#bd8a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a3c;
$custom-light: #d5ac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.279,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66864,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A3C

secondary

#8CA4C9

accent

#85DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A3C

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

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