#BD8B39#BD8B39

#BD8B39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.115 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B39
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 57)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, 10.87, 49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 50.85, 77.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% 0.0265 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.115 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9594, 29.5818, 7.9494)
Luminance	0.2958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B39 #396BBD

analogous

#BD4939 #BD8B39 #ADBD39

triadic

#BD8B39 #39BD8B #8B39BD

tetradic

#BD8B39 #39BD49 #396BBD #BD39AD

square

#BD8B39 #39BD49 #396BBD #BD39AD

split-complementary

#BD8B39 #39ADBD #4939BD

monochromatic

#5F461D #8E682B #BD8B39 #D0A763 #DEC192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BD8B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BD8B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B39

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B39	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.115 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac73',
    500: '#bd8b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b39;
$custom-light: #d5ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.273,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67031,
    "c": 0.11496,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B39

secondary

#89A1C9

accent

#82DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B39

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

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