#BD8A41#BD8A41

#BD8A41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.109 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A41
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 65)
HSL	hsl(35, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, 11.89, 45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 47.24, 75.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.0307 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.109 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0308, 29.3798, 9.0365)
Luminance	0.2938 (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

#BD8A41 #4174BD

analogous

#BD4C41 #BD8A41 #B2BD41

triadic

#BD8A41 #41BD8A #8A41BD

tetradic

#BD8A41 #41BD4C #4174BD #BD41B2

square

#BD8A41 #41BD4C #4174BD #BD41B2

split-complementary

#BD8A41 #41B2BD #4C41BD

monochromatic

#624722 #8F6931 #BD8A41 #CDA66E #DDC29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BD8A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BD8A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A41

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A41	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.109 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac78',
    500: '#bd8a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a41;
$custom-light: #d5ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.323,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66917,
    "c": 0.10915,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A41

secondary

#91A8C9

accent

#88D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A41

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

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