#BD8B28#BD8B28

#BD8B28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.125 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B28
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, 10.08, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 57.50, 79.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.0221 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.125 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6040, 29.4397, 6.0777)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B28 #285ABD

analogous

#BD4128 #BD8B28 #A4BD28

triadic

#BD8B28 #28BD8B #8B28BD

tetradic

#BD8B28 #28BD41 #285ABD #BD28A4

square

#BD8B28 #28BD41 #285ABD #BD28A4

split-complementary

#BD8B28 #28A4BD #4128BD

monochromatic

#584113 #8A661D #BD8B28 #D9A94A #E3C17C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BD8B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BD8B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B28

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B28	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.125 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac6a',
    500: '#bd8b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b28;
$custom-light: #d6ac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.866,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66894,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B28

secondary

#7592CB

accent

#78E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B28

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

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