#BD8C28#BD8C28

#BD8C28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.125 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BD8C28
RGBrgb(189, 140, 40)
HSLhsl(40, 65%, 45%)
HSVhsv(40, 79%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 25.9%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(61.42, 9.53, 56.85)
CIE-LCHlch(61.42, 57.64, 80.48°)
OKLaboklab(67.09% 0.0205 0.1237)
OKLCHoklch(67.09% 0.125 80.6)
XYZxyz(30.7495, 29.7306, 6.1261)
Luminance0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BD8C28 #2859BD
analogous
#BD4128 #BD8C28 #A4BD28
triadic
#BD8C28 #28BD8C #8C28BD
tetradic
#BD8C28 #28BD41 #2859BD #BD28A4
square
#BD8C28 #28BD41 #2859BD #BD28A4
split-complementary
#BD8C28 #28A4BD #4128BD
monochromatic
#584113 #8A671D #BD8C28 #D9AA4A #E3C17C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02
#BD8C28 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95
#BD8C28 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8C28
6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BD8C28#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BD8C281.003.026.956.95
#FFFFFF3.021.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9521.001.001.00
##0000006.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A08D15
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AB992D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CE7E79
Achromatopsia (no color)
#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bd8c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.125 80.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ad6a',
    500: '#bd8c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bd8c28;
$custom-light: #d6ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bd8c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.268,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67093,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BD8C28
secondary
#7592CB
accent
#77E840
background
#FDFAF6
surface
#FBF4EB
border
#D4CEC6
text
#151007
muted
#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8C28

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#BD8C28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva