#BD8B33#BD8B33

#BD8B33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.119 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B33
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 51)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 10.56, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 53.33, 78.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% 0.0248 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.119 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8185, 29.5255, 7.2072)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B33 #3365BD

analogous

#BD4633 #BD8B33 #AABD33

triadic

#BD8B33 #33BD8B #8B33BD

tetradic

#BD8B33 #33BD46 #3365BD #BD33AA

square

#BD8B33 #33BD46 #3365BD #BD33AA

split-complementary

#BD8B33 #33AABD #4633BD

monochromatic

#5D4419 #8D6826 #BD8B33 #D3A75B #E0C18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BD8B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BD8B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B33

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B33	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)

#9E8D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.119 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac70',
    500: '#bd8b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b33;
$custom-light: #d5ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.261,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66977,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B33

secondary

#829CCA

accent

#7FE147

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B33

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

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