#BD8B41#BD8B41

#BD8B41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.109 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8B41
RGB	rgb(189, 139, 65)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, 11.34, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 47.38, 76.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.029 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.109 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1749, 29.6681, 9.0846)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8B41 #4173BD

analogous

#BD4D41 #BD8B41 #B1BD41

triadic

#BD8B41 #41BD8B #8B41BD

tetradic

#BD8B41 #41BD4D #4173BD #BD41B1

square

#BD8B41 #41BD4D #4173BD #BD41B1

split-complementary

#BD8B41 #41B1BD #4D41BD

monochromatic

#624822 #8F6A31 #BD8B41 #CDA76E #DDC39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BD8B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BD8B41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8B41

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8B41	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 139, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.109 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac78',
    500: '#bd8b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8b41;
$custom-light: #d5ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.806,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67114,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8B41

secondary

#91A7C9

accent

#87D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8B41

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

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