#BD8C24#BD8C24

#BD8C24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.127 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8C24
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 36)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, 9.39, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 59.01, 80.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% 0.0197 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.127 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6849, 29.7048, 5.7862)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8C24 #2455BD

analogous

#BD3F24 #BD8C24 #A2BD24

triadic

#BD8C24 #24BD8C #8C24BD

tetradic

#BD8C24 #24BD3F #2455BD #BD24A2

square

#BD8C24 #24BD3F #2455BD #BD24A2

split-complementary

#BD8C24 #24A2BD #3F24BD

monochromatic

#564010 #8A661A #BD8C24 #DBAA43 #E5C276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BD8C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BD8C24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8C24

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8C24	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)

#A08D0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.127 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ad68',
    500: '#bd8c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8c24;
$custom-light: #d6ad68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.784,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67068,
    "c": 0.1273,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8C24

secondary

#708ECC

accent

#75EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8C24

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

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