#BD8D37#BD8D37

#BD8D37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.117 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D37
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, 9.66, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 51.99, 79.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% 0.0227 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.117 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2027, 30.1467, 7.7892)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D37 #3767BD

analogous

#BD4A37 #BD8D37 #AABD37

triadic

#BD8D37 #37BD8D #8D37BD

tetradic

#BD8D37 #37BD4A #3767BD #BD37AA

square

#BD8D37 #37BD4A #3767BD #BD37AA

split-complementary

#BD8D37 #37AABD #4A37BD

monochromatic

#5E461B #8E6A29 #BD8D37 #D1A960 #DFC290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BD8D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BD8D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D37

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D37	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)

#A08E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.117 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae72',
    500: '#bd8d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d37;
$custom-light: #d5ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.507,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67408,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D37

secondary

#869EC9

accent

#7FDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D37

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

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