#BD8D40#BD8D40

#BD8D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.110 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D40
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, 10.18, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 48.11, 77.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% 0.0255 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.11 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4385, 30.2410, 9.0308)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D40 #4070BD

analogous

#BD4F40 #BD8D40 #AFBD40

triadic

#BD8D40 #40BD8D #8D40BD

tetradic

#BD8D40 #40BD4F #4070BD #BD40AF

square

#BD8D40 #40BD4F #4070BD #BD40AF

split-complementary

#BD8D40 #40AFBD #4F40BD

monochromatic

#624921 #8F6B31 #BD8D40 #CDA86D #DDC39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BD8D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BD8D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D40

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D40	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.110 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae78',
    500: '#bd8d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d40;
$custom-light: #d5ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.96,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67497,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D40

secondary

#90A6C9

accent

#84D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D40

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

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