#BD8E2D#BD8E2D

#BD8E2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.123 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8E2D
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 8.64, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 56.12, 81.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% 0.0185 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.123 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1350, 30.3566, 6.7017)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8E2D #2D5CBD

analogous

#BD462D #BD8E2D #A4BD2D

triadic

#BD8E2D #2DBD8E #8E2DBD

tetradic

#BD8E2D #2DBD46 #2D5CBD #BD2DA4

square

#BD8E2D #2DBD46 #2D5CBD #BD2DA4

split-complementary

#BD8E2D #2DA4BD #462DBD

monochromatic

#5A4415 #8C6921 #BD8E2D #D6AB52 #E1C383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BD8E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BD8E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E2D

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8E2D	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)

#A18F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.123 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae6d',
    500: '#bd8e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8e2d;
$custom-light: #d6ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.417,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67526,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8E2D

secondary

#7B95CB

accent

#78E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8E2D

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

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