#BD8D42#BD8D42

#BD8D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.109 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D42
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, 10.30, 46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 47.22, 77.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% 0.0261 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.109 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.4964, 30.2642, 9.3359)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D42 #4272BD

analogous

#BD4F42 #BD8D42 #B0BD42

triadic

#BD8D42 #42BD8D #8D42BD

tetradic

#BD8D42 #42BD4F #4272BD #BD42B0

square

#BD8D42 #42BD4F #4272BD #BD42B0

split-complementary

#BD8D42 #42B0BD #4F42BD

monochromatic

#624922 #906B32 #BD8D42 #CDA86F #DDC49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BD8D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BD8D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D42

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D42	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)

#9F8F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.109 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae79',
    500: '#bd8d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d42;
$custom-light: #d5ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.585,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67519,
    "c": 0.10888,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D42

secondary

#92A7C9

accent

#85D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D42

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

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