#BD8B2A#BD8B2A

#BD8B2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.124 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B2A
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, 10.16, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 56.79, 79.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% 0.0226 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.124 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6389, 29.4536, 6.2615)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B2A #2A5CBD

analogous

#BD422A #BD8B2A #A5BD2A

triadic

#BD8B2A #2ABD8B #8B2ABD

tetradic

#BD8B2A #2ABD42 #2A5CBD #BD2AA5

square

#BD8B2A #2ABD42 #2A5CBD #BD2AA5

split-complementary

#BD8B2A #2AA5BD #422ABD

monochromatic

#594114 #8B661F #BD8B2A #D7A84D #E3C17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BD8B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BD8B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B2A

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B2A	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)

#9F8C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.124 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac6b',
    500: '#bd8b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b2a;
$custom-light: #d6ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.592,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66908,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B2A

secondary

#7894CB

accent

#79E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B2A

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

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