#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
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 40)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, 9.53, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 57.64, 80.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% 0.0205 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.125 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7495, 29.7306, 6.1261)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##BD8C28	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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