#BD8B21#BD8B21

#BD8B21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.128 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B21
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 33)
HSL	hsl(41, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, 9.84, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 59.84, 80.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.0207 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.128 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4956, 29.3963, 5.5065)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B21 #2153BD

analogous

#BD3D21 #BD8B21 #A1BD21

triadic

#BD8B21 #21BD8B #8B21BD

tetradic

#BD8B21 #21BD3D #2153BD #BD21A1

square

#BD8B21 #21BD3D #2153BD #BD21A1

split-complementary

#BD8B21 #21A1BD #3D21BD

monochromatic

#553E0F #896518 #BD8B21 #DDAA3E #E6C172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BD8B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BD8B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B21

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B21	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)

#9F8C05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.128 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac67',
    500: '#bd8b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b21;
$custom-light: #d6ac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66852,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B21

secondary

#6D8CCD

accent

#74ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B21

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

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