#BD8C2C#BD8C2C

#BD8C2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.123 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8C2C
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 44)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, 9.69, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 56.19, 80.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.0215 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.123 80)
XYZ	xyz(30.8211, 29.7592, 6.5032)
Luminance	0.2976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8C2C #2C5DBD

analogous

#BD432C #BD8C2C #A5BD2C

triadic

#BD8C2C #2CBD8C #8C2CBD

tetradic

#BD8C2C #2CBD43 #2C5DBD #BD2CA5

square

#BD8C2C #2CBD43 #2C5DBD #BD2CA5

split-complementary

#BD8C2C #2CA5BD #432CBD

monochromatic

#5A4215 #8B6720 #BD8C2C #D6A950 #E2C182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BD8C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BD8C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8C2C

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8C2C	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)

#9F8D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.123 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ad6c',
    500: '#bd8c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8c2c;
$custom-light: #d6ad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.724,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6712,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.29757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8C2C

secondary

#7A95CB

accent

#7AE542

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8C2C

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

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