#BD8E2B#BD8E2B

#BD8E2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.124 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8E2B
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(41, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(41, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.95, 8.55, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.95, 56.86, 81.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% 0.018 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.124 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0974, 30.3416, 6.5037)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8E2B #2B5ABD

analogous

#BD452B #BD8E2B #A3BD2B

triadic

#BD8E2B #2BBD8E #8E2BBD

tetradic

#BD8E2B #2BBD45 #2B5ABD #BD2BA3

square

#BD8E2B #2BBD45 #2B5ABD #BD2BA3

split-complementary

#BD8E2B #2BA3BD #452BBD

monochromatic

#594314 #8B6920 #BD8E2B #D7AB4E #E2C380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BD8E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BD8E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E2B

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8E2B	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)

#A18F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.124 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae6c',
    500: '#bd8e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8e2b;
$custom-light: #d6ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.685,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67511,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8E2B

secondary

#7993CB

accent

#77E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8E2B

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

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