#BD8B3A#BD8B3A

#BD8B3A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.114 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B3A
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 58)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 69.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, 10.93, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 50.42, 77.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% 0.0268 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.114 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9846, 29.5919, 8.0821)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B3A #3A6CBD

analogous

#BD493A #BD8B3A #ADBD3A

triadic

#BD8B3A #3ABD8B #8B3ABD

tetradic

#BD8B3A #3ABD49 #3A6CBD #BD3AAD

square

#BD8B3A #3ABD49 #3A6CBD #BD3AAD

split-complementary

#BD8B3A #3AADBD #493ABD

monochromatic

#5F461D #8E692C #BD8B3A #D0A765 #DEC293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BD8B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BD8B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B3A

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B3A	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)

#9E8D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.114 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac74',
    500: '#bd8b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b3a;
$custom-light: #d5ac74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.099,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6704,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B3A

secondary

#8AA2C9

accent

#83DC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B3A

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

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