#BD8F36#BD8F36

#BD8F36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.118 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8F36
RGB	rgb(189, 143, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, 8.51, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 52.73, 80.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% 0.0193 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.118 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4766, 30.7324, 7.7634)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8F36 #3664BD

analogous

#BD4C36 #BD8F36 #A7BD36

triadic

#BD8F36 #36BD8F #8F36BD

tetradic

#BD8F36 #36BD4C #3664BD #BD36A7

square

#BD8F36 #36BD4C #3664BD #BD36A7

split-complementary

#BD8F36 #36A7BD #4C36BD

monochromatic

#5E471B #8D6B28 #BD8F36 #D1AA5F #DFC38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BD8F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#BD8F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8F36

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8F36	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 143, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.118 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af72',
    500: '#bd8f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8f36;
$custom-light: #d5af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67798,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8F36

secondary

#859DC9

accent

#7CDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8F36

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

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