#BD8B38#BD8B38

#BD8B38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.116 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B38
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.28, 10.81, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.28, 51.27, 77.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% 0.0262 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.116 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9347, 29.5720, 7.8193)
Luminance	0.2957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B38 #386ABD

analogous

#BD4938 #BD8B38 #ACBD38

triadic

#BD8B38 #38BD8B #8B38BD

tetradic

#BD8B38 #38BD49 #386ABD #BD38AC

square

#BD8B38 #38BD49 #386ABD #BD38AC

split-complementary

#BD8B38 #38ACBD #4938BD

monochromatic

#5F461C #8E682A #BD8B38 #D0A762 #DEC191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BD8B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BD8B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B38

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B38	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)

#9E8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.116 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac73',
    500: '#bd8b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b38;
$custom-light: #d5ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.444,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67021,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B38

secondary

#87A0C9

accent

#82DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B38

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

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