#BD8D36#BD8D36

#BD8D36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.117 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D36
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, 9.61, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 52.40, 79.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% 0.0225 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.117 79)
XYZ	xyz(31.1790, 30.1373, 7.6642)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D36 #3666BD

analogous

#BD4A36 #BD8D36 #A9BD36

triadic

#BD8D36 #36BD8D #8D36BD

tetradic

#BD8D36 #36BD4A #3666BD #BD36A9

square

#BD8D36 #36BD4A #3666BD #BD36A9

split-complementary

#BD8D36 #36A9BD #4A36BD

monochromatic

#5E461B #8D6928 #BD8D36 #D1A95F #DFC28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BD8D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BD8D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D36

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D36	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.117 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae72',
    500: '#bd8d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d36;
$custom-light: #d5ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67399,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.30135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D36

secondary

#859EC9

accent

#7EDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D36

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

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