#BD8E36#BD8E36

#BD8E36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.118 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BD8E36
RGBrgb(189, 142, 54)
HSLhsl(39, 56%, 48%)
HSVhsv(39, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.9%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(62.03, 9.06, 51.77)
CIE-LCHlch(62.03, 52.56, 80.08°)
OKLaboklab(67.6% 0.0209 0.1158)
OKLCHoklch(67.6% 0.118 79.8)
XYZxyz(31.3271, 30.4335, 7.7136)
Luminance0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BD8E36 #3665BD
analogous
#BD4A36 #BD8E36 #A9BD36
triadic
#BD8E36 #36BD8E #8E36BD
tetradic
#BD8E36 #36BD4A #3665BD #BD36A9
square
#BD8E36 #36BD4A #3665BD #BD36A9
split-complementary
#BD8E36 #36A9BD #4A36BD
monochromatic
#5E461B #8D6A28 #BD8E36 #D1A95F #DFC38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96
#BD8E36 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09
#BD8E36 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E36
7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BD8E36#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BD8E361.002.967.097.09
#FFFFFF2.961.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0921.001.001.00
##0000007.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A18F2B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AC9B39
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CD807C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bd8e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.118 79.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae72',
    500: '#bd8e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bd8e36;
$custom-light: #d5ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bd8e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67598,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BD8E36
secondary
#859DC9
accent
#7DDF49
background
#FDFAF7
surface
#FBF4ED
border
#D4CEC8
text
#151008
muted
#837F7B

Preview Lab

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#BD8E36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva