#BD8B31#BD8B31

#BD8B31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.120 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B31
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, 10.46, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 54.13, 78.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% 0.0243 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.12 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7753, 29.5082, 6.9799)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B31 #3163BD

analogous

#BD4531 #BD8B31 #A9BD31

triadic

#BD8B31 #31BD8B #8B31BD

tetradic

#BD8B31 #31BD45 #3163BD #BD31A9

square

#BD8B31 #31BD45 #3163BD #BD31A9

split-complementary

#BD8B31 #31A9BD #4531BD

monochromatic

#5C4418 #8C6724 #BD8B31 #D4A758 #E0C188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BD8B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BD8B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B31

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B31	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	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)

#9E8D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.120 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac6f',
    500: '#bd8b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b31;
$custom-light: #d5ac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6696,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B31

secondary

#809ACA

accent

#7EE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B31

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

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