#BD8E2A#BD8E2A

#BD8E2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.125 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8E2A
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(41, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, 8.51, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 57.22, 81.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% 0.0178 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.125 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0793, 30.3343, 6.4083)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8E2A #2A59BD

analogous

#BD442A #BD8E2A #A3BD2A

triadic

#BD8E2A #2ABD8E #8E2ABD

tetradic

#BD8E2A #2ABD44 #2A59BD #BD2AA3

square

#BD8E2A #2ABD44 #2A59BD #BD2AA3

split-complementary

#BD8E2A #2AA3BD #442ABD

monochromatic

#594314 #8B681F #BD8E2A #D7AB4D #E3C37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BD8E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BD8E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E2A

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8E2A	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.125 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae6b',
    500: '#bd8e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8e2a;
$custom-light: #d6ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.816,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67505,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8E2A

secondary

#7892CB

accent

#76E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8E2A

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

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