#BD8B3D#BD8B3D

#BD8B3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.112 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B3D
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 61)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 11.10, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 49.13, 76.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% 0.0278 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.112 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0632, 29.6233, 8.4958)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B3D #3D6FBD

analogous

#BD4B3D #BD8B3D #AFBD3D

triadic

#BD8B3D #3DBD8B #8B3DBD

tetradic

#BD8B3D #3DBD4B #3D6FBD #BD3DAF

square

#BD8B3D #3DBD4B #3D6FBD #BD3DAF

split-complementary

#BD8B3D #3DAFBD #4B3DBD

monochromatic

#60471F #8F692E #BD8B3D #CEA769 #DDC297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BD8B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BD8B3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B3D

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B3D	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)

#9E8D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.112 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac76',
    500: '#bd8b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b3d;
$custom-light: #d5ac76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.562,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67071,
    "c": 0.11219,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B3D

secondary

#8DA4C9

accent

#84DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B3D

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

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