#BD8E41#BD8E41

#BD8E41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.110 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8E41
RGB	rgb(189, 142, 65)
HSL	hsl(37, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, 9.69, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 47.83, 78.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% 0.0242 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.11 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6153, 30.5488, 9.2314)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8E41 #4170BD

analogous

#BD5041 #BD8E41 #AEBD41

triadic

#BD8E41 #41BD8E #8E41BD

tetradic

#BD8E41 #41BD50 #4170BD #BD41AE

square

#BD8E41 #41BD50 #4170BD #BD41AE

split-complementary

#BD8E41 #41AEBD #5041BD

monochromatic

#624A22 #8F6C31 #BD8E41 #CDA96E #DDC49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BD8E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#BD8E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8E41

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8E41	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 142, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.110 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ae79',
    500: '#bd8e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8e41;
$custom-light: #d5ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.258,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67707,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8E41

secondary

#91A6C9

accent

#83D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8E41

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

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