#BD8B2E#BD8B2E

#BD8B2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.122 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B2E
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(39, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, 10.33, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 55.30, 79.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0235 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.122 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7141, 29.4837, 6.6575)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B2E #2E60BD

analogous

#BD432E #BD8B2E #A7BD2E

triadic

#BD8B2E #2EBD8B #8B2EBD

tetradic

#BD8B2E #2EBD43 #2E60BD #BD2EA7

square

#BD8B2E #2EBD43 #2E60BD #BD2EA7

split-complementary

#BD8B2E #2EA7BD #432EBD

monochromatic

#5B4316 #8C6722 #BD8B2E #D5A853 #E1C184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#BD8B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BD8B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B2E

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B2E	1.00	3.05	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.122 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac6d',
    500: '#bd8b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b2e;
$custom-light: #d6ac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.021,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66937,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B2E

secondary

#7C98CA

accent

#7CE444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B2E

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

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