#BD8E31#BD8E31

#BD8E31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.121 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8E31
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, 8.81, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 54.58, 80.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% 0.0195 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.121 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2157, 30.3889, 7.1267)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8E31 #3160BD

analogous

#BD4831 #BD8E31 #A6BD31

triadic

#BD8E31 #31BD8E #8E31BD

tetradic

#BD8E31 #31BD48 #3160BD #BD31A6

square

#BD8E31 #31BD48 #3160BD #BD31A6

split-complementary

#BD8E31 #31A6BD #4831BD

monochromatic

#5C4518 #8C6924 #BD8E31 #D4AA58 #E0C388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BD8E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BD8E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E31

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8E31	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.121 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae6f',
    500: '#bd8e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8e31;
$custom-light: #d5ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67556,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8E31

secondary

#8099CA

accent

#7AE246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8E31

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

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