#BD8B24#BD8B24

#BD8B24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.127 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B24
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 36)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 9.94, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 58.87, 80.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% 0.0213 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.127 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5395, 29.4139, 5.7377)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B24 #2456BD

analogous

#BD3F24 #BD8B24 #A3BD24

triadic

#BD8B24 #24BD8B #8B24BD

tetradic

#BD8B24 #24BD3F #2456BD #BD24A3

square

#BD8B24 #24BD3F #2456BD #BD24A3

split-complementary

#BD8B24 #24A3BD #3F24BD

monochromatic

#563F10 #8A651A #BD8B24 #DBA943 #E5C176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BD8B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#BD8B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B24

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B24	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)

#9F8C0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.127 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac68',
    500: '#bd8b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b24;
$custom-light: #d6ac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.392,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66869,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B24

secondary

#708ECC

accent

#76EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B24

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

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