#BD8E35#BD8E35

#BD8E35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.118 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8E35
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, 9.01, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 52.97, 80.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% 0.0206 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.118 80)
XYZ	xyz(31.3039, 30.4242, 7.5912)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8E35 #3564BD

analogous

#BD4A35 #BD8E35 #A8BD35

triadic

#BD8E35 #35BD8E #8E35BD

tetradic

#BD8E35 #35BD4A #3564BD #BD35A8

square

#BD8E35 #35BD4A #3564BD #BD35A8

split-complementary

#BD8E35 #35A8BD #4A35BD

monochromatic

#5D461A #8D6A28 #BD8E35 #D2AA5D #DFC38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BD8E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BD8E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E35

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8E35	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	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)

#A18F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.118 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae71',
    500: '#bd8e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8e35;
$custom-light: #d5ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.265,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67589,
    "c": 0.11828,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.30422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8E35

secondary

#849CCA

accent

#7DDF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8E35

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

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