#BD8E2E#BD8E2E

#BD8E2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.123 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8E2E
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(40, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, 8.68, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 55.74, 81.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% 0.0188 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.123 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1545, 30.3644, 6.8043)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8E2E #2E5DBD

analogous

#BD472E #BD8E2E #A4BD2E

triadic

#BD8E2E #2EBD8E #8E2EBD

tetradic

#BD8E2E #2EBD47 #2E5DBD #BD2EA4

square

#BD8E2E #2EBD47 #2E5DBD #BD2EA4

split-complementary

#BD8E2E #2EA4BD #472EBD

monochromatic

#5B4416 #8C6922 #BD8E2E #D5AA53 #E1C384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BD8E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BD8E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E2E

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8E2E	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)

#A18F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.123 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6d',
    500: '#bd8e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8e2e;
$custom-light: #d5ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.28,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67533,
    "c": 0.12258,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8E2E

secondary

#7C96CA

accent

#78E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8E2E

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

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