#BD8C31#BD8C31

#BD8C31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.120 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8C31
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 49)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, 9.91, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 54.27, 79.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.0227 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.12 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9208, 29.7991, 7.0284)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8C31 #3162BD

analogous

#BD4631 #BD8C31 #A8BD31

triadic

#BD8C31 #31BD8C #8C31BD

tetradic

#BD8C31 #31BD46 #3162BD #BD31A8

square

#BD8C31 #31BD46 #3162BD #BD31A8

split-complementary

#BD8C31 #31A8BD #4631BD

monochromatic

#5C4418 #8C6824 #BD8C31 #D4A858 #E0C188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BD8C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BD8C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8C31

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8C31	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)

#9F8D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.120 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ad6f',
    500: '#bd8c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8c31;
$custom-light: #d5ad6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67158,
    "c": 0.1203,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8C31

secondary

#809ACA

accent

#7CE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8C31

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

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