#BD8F37#BD8F37

#BD8F37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.117 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8F37
RGB	rgb(189, 143, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, 8.56, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 52.31, 80.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% 0.0195 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.117 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5003, 30.7419, 7.8884)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8F37 #3765BD

analogous

#BD4C37 #BD8F37 #A8BD37

triadic

#BD8F37 #37BD8F #8F37BD

tetradic

#BD8F37 #37BD4C #3765BD #BD37A8

square

#BD8F37 #37BD4C #3765BD #BD37A8

split-complementary

#BD8F37 #37A8BD #4C37BD

monochromatic

#5E471B #8E6B29 #BD8F37 #D1AA60 #DFC490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BD8F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#BD8F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8F37

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8F37	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)

#A1902C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 143, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.117 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af73',
    500: '#bd8f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8f37;
$custom-light: #d5af73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.403,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67806,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8F37

secondary

#869DC9

accent

#7DDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8F37

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