#BD8D2A#BD8D2A

#BD8D2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.125 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D2A
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 42)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, 9.06, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 57.07, 80.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% 0.0194 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.125 81)
XYZ	xyz(30.9311, 30.0381, 6.3589)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D2A #2A5ABD

analogous

#BD432A #BD8D2A #A3BD2A

triadic

#BD8D2A #2ABD8D #8D2ABD

tetradic

#BD8D2A #2ABD43 #2A5ABD #BD2AA3

square

#BD8D2A #2ABD43 #2A5ABD #BD2AA3

split-complementary

#BD8D2A #2AA3BD #432ABD

monochromatic

#594214 #8B681F #BD8D2A #D7AA4D #E3C27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BD8D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#BD8D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D2A

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D2A	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.125 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae6b',
    500: '#bd8d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d2a;
$custom-light: #d6ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.408,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67305,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.30036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D2A

secondary

#7893CB

accent

#77E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D2A

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

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