#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
RGBrgb(189, 142, 50)
HSLhsl(40, 58%, 47%)
HSVhsv(40, 74%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.9%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(62.00, 8.86, 53.45)
CIE-LCHlch(62.00, 54.18, 80.59°)
OKLaboklab(67.56% 0.0198 0.1186)
OKLCHoklch(67.56% 0.12 80.5)
XYZxyz(31.2370, 30.3974, 7.2391)
Luminance0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##BD8E321.002.977.087.08
#FFFFFF2.971.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0821.001.001.00
##0000007.0821.001.001.00

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

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#BD8E32 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva