#BD8B3C#BD8B3C

#BD8B3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.113 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B3C
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 60)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, 11.04, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 49.56, 77.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% 0.0274 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.113 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0365, 29.6127, 8.3553)
Luminance	0.2961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B3C #3C6EBD

analogous

#BD4B3C #BD8B3C #AFBD3C

triadic

#BD8B3C #3CBD8B #8B3CBD

tetradic

#BD8B3C #3CBD4B #3C6EBD #BD3CAF

square

#BD8B3C #3CBD4B #3C6EBD #BD3CAF

split-complementary

#BD8B3C #3CAFBD #4B3CBD

monochromatic

#60471F #8F692D #BD8B3C #CFA767 #DEC296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BD8B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BD8B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B3C

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B3C	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	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)

#9E8D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.113 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac75',
    500: '#bd8b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b3c;
$custom-light: #d5ac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.744,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6706,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B3C

secondary

#8CA4C9

accent

#84DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B3C

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

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