#BD8C33#BD8C33

#BD8C33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.119 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8C33
RGB	rgb(189, 140, 51)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, 10.01, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 53.47, 79.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% 0.0232 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.119 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9639, 29.8164, 7.2556)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8C33 #3364BD

analogous

#BD4733 #BD8C33 #A9BD33

triadic

#BD8C33 #33BD8C #8C33BD

tetradic

#BD8C33 #33BD47 #3364BD #BD33A9

square

#BD8C33 #33BD47 #3364BD #BD33A9

split-complementary

#BD8C33 #33A9BD #4733BD

monochromatic

#5D4519 #8D6826 #BD8C33 #D3A85B #E0C28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BD8C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BD8C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8C33

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8C33	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)

#9F8D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 140, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.119 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ad70',
    500: '#bd8c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8c33;
$custom-light: #d5ad70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.696,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67175,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8C33

secondary

#829CCA

accent

#7EE147

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8C33

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

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