#BD8E34#BD8E34

#BD8E34 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.119 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8E34
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 52)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, 8.96, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 53.38, 80.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% 0.0203 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.119 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2811, 30.4151, 7.4713)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8E34 #3463BD

analogous

#BD4A34 #BD8E34 #A8BD34

triadic

#BD8E34 #34BD8E #8E34BD

tetradic

#BD8E34 #34BD4A #3463BD #BD34A8

square

#BD8E34 #34BD4A #3463BD #BD34A8

split-complementary

#BD8E34 #34A8BD #4A34BD

monochromatic

#5D461A #8D6A27 #BD8E34 #D2AA5C #DFC38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BD8E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BD8E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E34

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8E34	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)

#A18F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.119 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae71',
    500: '#bd8e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8e34;
$custom-light: #d5ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.416,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67581,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8E34

secondary

#839BCA

accent

#7CE048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8E34

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

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