#BD8E33#BD8E33

#BD8E33 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.120 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8E33
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 51)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, 8.91, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 53.78, 80.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% 0.02 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.12 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2588, 30.4062, 7.3539)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8E33 #3362BD

analogous

#BD4933 #BD8E33 #A7BD33

triadic

#BD8E33 #33BD8E #8E33BD

tetradic

#BD8E33 #33BD49 #3362BD #BD33A7

square

#BD8E33 #33BD49 #3362BD #BD33A7

split-complementary

#BD8E33 #33A7BD #4933BD

monochromatic

#5D4619 #8D6A26 #BD8E33 #D3AA5B #E0C38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BD8E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BD8E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E33

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8E33	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)

#A18F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.120 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae70',
    500: '#bd8e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8e33;
$custom-light: #d5ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.565,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67572,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8E33

secondary

#829ACA

accent

#7BE147

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8E33

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

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