#BD8B34#BD8B34

#BD8B34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.118 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B34
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 52)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, 10.61, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 52.92, 78.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.0251 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.118 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8408, 29.5344, 7.3245)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B34 #3466BD

analogous

#BD4734 #BD8B34 #ABBD34

triadic

#BD8B34 #34BD8B #8B34BD

tetradic

#BD8B34 #34BD47 #3466BD #BD34AB

square

#BD8B34 #34BD47 #3466BD #BD34AB

split-complementary

#BD8B34 #34ABBD #4734BD

monochromatic

#5D441A #8D6827 #BD8B34 #D2A75C #DFC18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BD8B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BD8B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B34

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B34	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.118 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac70',
    500: '#bd8b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b34;
$custom-light: #d5ac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.102,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66985,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B34

secondary

#839DCA

accent

#7FE048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B34

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

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