#BD8C2A#BD8C2A

#BD8C2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.124 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8C2A
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 42)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, 9.61, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 56.93, 80.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.021 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.124 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7844, 29.7445, 6.3100)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8C2A #2A5BBD

analogous

#BD432A #BD8C2A #A4BD2A

triadic

#BD8C2A #2ABD8C #8C2ABD

tetradic

#BD8C2A #2ABD43 #2A5BBD #BD2AA4

square

#BD8C2A #2ABD43 #2A5BBD #BD2AA4

split-complementary

#BD8C2A #2AA4BD #432ABD

monochromatic

#594214 #8B671F #BD8C2A #D7A94D #E3C17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BD8C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BD8C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8C2A

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8C2A	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)

#9F8D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.124 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ad6b',
    500: '#bd8c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8c2a;
$custom-light: #d6ad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67106,
    "c": 0.12429,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8C2A

secondary

#7894CB

accent

#78E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8C2A

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

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