#BD8D2D#BD8D2D

#BD8D2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.123 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D2D
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 45)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, 9.18, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 55.96, 80.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.0201 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.123 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9869, 30.0604, 6.6523)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D2D #2D5DBD

analogous

#BD452D #BD8D2D #A5BD2D

triadic

#BD8D2D #2DBD8D #8D2DBD

tetradic

#BD8D2D #2DBD45 #2D5DBD #BD2DA5

square

#BD8D2D #2DBD45 #2D5DBD #BD2DA5

split-complementary

#BD8D2D #2DA5BD #452DBD

monochromatic

#5A4315 #8C6821 #BD8D2D #D6AA52 #E1C283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BD8D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#BD8D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D2D

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D2D	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)

#A08E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.123 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae6d',
    500: '#bd8d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d2d;
$custom-light: #d6ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67326,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D2D

secondary

#7B96CB

accent

#79E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D2D

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

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