#BD8A3D#BD8A3D

#BD8A3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.112 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A3D
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 61)
HSL	hsl(36, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, 11.65, 47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 48.99, 76.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% 0.0294 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.112 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9190, 29.3351, 8.4478)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A3D #3D70BD

analogous

#BD4A3D #BD8A3D #B0BD3D

triadic

#BD8A3D #3DBD8A #8A3DBD

tetradic

#BD8A3D #3DBD4A #3D70BD #BD3DB0

square

#BD8A3D #3DBD4A #3D70BD #BD3DB0

split-complementary

#BD8A3D #3DB0BD #4A3DBD

monochromatic

#60461F #8F682E #BD8A3D #CEA669 #DDC197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BD8A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BD8A3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A3D

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A3D	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.112 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac76',
    500: '#bd8a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a3d;
$custom-light: #d5ac76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.094,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66874,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A3D

secondary

#8DA5C9

accent

#86DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A3D

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

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