#BD8A43#BD8A43

#BD8A43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.108 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A43
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 67)
HSL	hsl(35, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, 12.02, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 46.35, 74.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0313 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.108 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0898, 29.4034, 9.3471)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A43 #4376BD

analogous

#BD4D43 #BD8A43 #B3BD43

triadic

#BD8A43 #43BD8A #8A43BD

tetradic

#BD8A43 #43BD4D #4376BD #BD43B3

square

#BD8A43 #43BD4D #4376BD #BD43B3

split-complementary

#BD8A43 #43B3BD #4D43BD

monochromatic

#634823 #906933 #BD8A43 #CDA670 #DDC29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BD8A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BD8A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A43

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A43	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)

#9C8C3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.108 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac7a',
    500: '#bd8a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a43;
$custom-light: #d5ac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.918,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6694,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A43

secondary

#93A9C9

accent

#89D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A43

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

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