#BD8C23#BD8C23

#BD8C23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.128 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8C23
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 35)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 9.36, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 59.33, 80.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% 0.0195 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.128 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6699, 29.6987, 5.7069)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8C23 #2354BD

analogous

#BD3F23 #BD8C23 #A1BD23

triadic

#BD8C23 #23BD8C #8C23BD

tetradic

#BD8C23 #23BD3F #2354BD #BD23A1

square

#BD8C23 #23BD3F #2354BD #BD23A1

split-complementary

#BD8C23 #23A1BD #3F23BD

monochromatic

#564010 #896619 #BD8C23 #DCAB41 #E5C275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BD8C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BD8C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8C23

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8C23	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.128 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ad68',
    500: '#bd8c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8c23;
$custom-light: #d6ad68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67062,
    "c": 0.12777,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8C23

secondary

#6F8DCD

accent

#74EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8C23

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

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