#BD8A3E#BD8A3E

#BD8A3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.111 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A3E
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 62)
HSL	hsl(36, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, 11.71, 47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 48.56, 76.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.0297 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.111 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9462, 29.3459, 8.5909)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A3E #3E71BD

analogous

#BD4B3E #BD8A3E #B1BD3E

triadic

#BD8A3E #3EBD8A #8A3EBD

tetradic

#BD8A3E #3EBD4B #3E71BD #BD3EB1

square

#BD8A3E #3EBD4B #3E71BD #BD3EB1

split-complementary

#BD8A3E #3EB1BD #4B3EBD

monochromatic

#614720 #8F682F #BD8A3E #CEA66A #DDC298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BD8A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BD8A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A3E

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A3E	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)

#9D8C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.111 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac76',
    500: '#bd8a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a3e;
$custom-light: #d5ac76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.906,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66884,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A3E

secondary

#8EA6C9

accent

#86DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A3E

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

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