#BD8E38#BD8E38

#BD8E38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.116 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8E38
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, 9.16, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 51.73, 79.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% 0.0214 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.116 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3751, 30.4527, 7.9661)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8E38 #3867BD

analogous

#BD4B38 #BD8E38 #A9BD38

triadic

#BD8E38 #38BD8E #8E38BD

tetradic

#BD8E38 #38BD4B #3867BD #BD38A9

square

#BD8E38 #38BD4B #3867BD #BD38A9

split-complementary

#BD8E38 #38A9BD #4B38BD

monochromatic

#5F471C #8E6B2A #BD8E38 #D0A962 #DEC391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BD8E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#BD8E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E38

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8E38	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.116 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae73',
    500: '#bd8e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8e38;
$custom-light: #d5ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.797,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67616,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8E38

secondary

#879FC9

accent

#7EDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8E38

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

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