#BD8D43#BD8D43

#BD8D43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.108 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D43
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 67)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, 10.37, 45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 46.78, 77.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% 0.0265 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.108 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5261, 30.2761, 9.4925)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D43 #4373BD

analogous

#BD5043 #BD8D43 #B0BD43

triadic

#BD8D43 #43BD8D #8D43BD

tetradic

#BD8D43 #43BD50 #4373BD #BD43B0

square

#BD8D43 #43BD50 #4373BD #BD43B0

split-complementary

#BD8D43 #43B0BD #5043BD

monochromatic

#634A23 #906B33 #BD8D43 #CDA870 #DDC49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BD8D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BD8D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D43

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D43	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)

#9F8F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.108 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae7a',
    500: '#bd8d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d43;
$custom-light: #d5ae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.393,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67531,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D43

secondary

#93A8C9

accent

#85D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D43

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

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