#BD8B2B#BD8B2B

#BD8B2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.124 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B2B
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 10.20, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 56.42, 79.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.0228 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.124 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6570, 29.4609, 6.3569)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B2B #2B5DBD

analogous

#BD422B #BD8B2B #A6BD2B

triadic

#BD8B2B #2BBD8B #8B2BBD

tetradic

#BD8B2B #2BBD42 #2B5DBD #BD2BA6

square

#BD8B2B #2BBD42 #2B5DBD #BD2BA6

split-complementary

#BD8B2B #2BA6BD #422BBD

monochromatic

#594214 #8B6620 #BD8B2B #D7A84E #E2C180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BD8B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#BD8B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B2B

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B2B	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)

#9F8C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.124 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac6b',
    500: '#bd8b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b2b;
$custom-light: #d6ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.452,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66915,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B2B

secondary

#7995CB

accent

#7AE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B2B

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

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