#BD8E37#BD8E37

#BD8E37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.117 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BD8E37
RGBrgb(189, 142, 55)
HSLhsl(39, 55%, 48%)
HSVhsv(39, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.9%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(62.03, 9.11, 51.34)
CIE-LCHlch(62.03, 52.14, 79.94°)
OKLaboklab(67.61% 0.0211 0.115)
OKLCHoklch(67.61% 0.117 79.6)
XYZxyz(31.3508, 30.4430, 7.8386)
Luminance0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BD8E37 #3766BD
analogous
#BD4B37 #BD8E37 #A9BD37
triadic
#BD8E37 #37BD8E #8E37BD
tetradic
#BD8E37 #37BD4B #3766BD #BD37A9
square
#BD8E37 #37BD4B #3766BD #BD37A9
split-complementary
#BD8E37 #37A9BD #4B37BD
monochromatic
#5E471B #8E6A29 #BD8E37 #D1A960 #DFC390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96
#BD8E37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09
#BD8E37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E37
7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BD8E37#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BD8E371.002.967.097.09
#FFFFFF2.961.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0921.001.001.00
##0000007.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A18F2C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AC9B3A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CD807C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bd8e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.117 79.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae72',
    500: '#bd8e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bd8e37;
$custom-light: #d5ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bd8e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.955,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67607,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BD8E37
secondary
#869EC9
accent
#7EDE4A
background
#FDFAF7
surface
#FBF4ED
border
#D4CEC8
text
#151008
muted
#837F7B

Preview Lab

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#BD8E37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva