#BD8E32#BD8E32

#BD8E32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.120 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8E32
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 50)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, 8.86, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 54.18, 80.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% 0.0198 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.12 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2370, 30.3974, 7.2391)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8E32 #3261BD

analogous

#BD4832 #BD8E32 #A7BD32

triadic

#BD8E32 #32BD8E #8E32BD

tetradic

#BD8E32 #32BD48 #3261BD #BD32A7

square

#BD8E32 #32BD48 #3261BD #BD32A7

split-complementary

#BD8E32 #32A7BD #4832BD

monochromatic

#5C4518 #8D6A25 #BD8E32 #D3AA59 #E0C389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BD8E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BD8E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E32

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8E32	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)

#A18F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.120 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae70',
    500: '#bd8e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8e32;
$custom-light: #d5ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.712,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67564,
    "c": 0.12019,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8E32

secondary

#819ACA

accent

#7BE146

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8E32

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

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