#BD8A40#BD8A40

#BD8A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.110 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A40
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, 11.83, 46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 47.68, 75.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% 0.0303 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.11 74)
XYZ	xyz(31.0021, 29.3683, 8.8853)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A40 #4073BD

analogous

#BD4C40 #BD8A40 #B2BD40

triadic

#BD8A40 #40BD8A #8A40BD

tetradic

#BD8A40 #40BD4C #4073BD #BD40B2

square

#BD8A40 #40BD4C #4073BD #BD40B2

split-complementary

#BD8A40 #40B2BD #4C40BD

monochromatic

#624721 #8F6931 #BD8A40 #CDA66D #DDC29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BD8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BD8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A40

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A40	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)

#9C8C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.110 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac78',
    500: '#bd8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a40;
$custom-light: #d5ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.52,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66906,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.29366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A40

secondary

#90A7C9

accent

#87D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A40

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

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