#BD8C2F#BD8C2F

#BD8C2F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.121 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8C2F
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 47)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 9.82, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 55.05, 79.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% 0.0222 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.121 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8795, 29.7826, 6.8110)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8C2F #2F60BD

analogous

#BD452F #BD8C2F #A7BD2F

triadic

#BD8C2F #2FBD8C #8C2FBD

tetradic

#BD8C2F #2FBD45 #2F60BD #BD2FA7

square

#BD8C2F #2FBD45 #2F60BD #BD2FA7

split-complementary

#BD8C2F #2FA7BD #452FBD

monochromatic

#5B4317 #8C6823 #BD8C2F #D5A855 #E1C186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BD8C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BD8C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8C2F

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8C2F	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.121 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ad6e',
    500: '#bd8c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8c2f;
$custom-light: #d5ad6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.296,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67142,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8C2F

secondary

#7E98CA

accent

#7BE344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8C2F

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

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