#BD8F38#BD8F38

#BD8F38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.117 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8F38
RGB	rgb(189, 143, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, 8.62, 51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 51.89, 80.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% 0.0198 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.117 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5245, 30.7516, 8.0159)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8F38 #3866BD

analogous

#BD4C38 #BD8F38 #A8BD38

triadic

#BD8F38 #38BD8F #8F38BD

tetradic

#BD8F38 #38BD4C #3866BD #BD38A8

square

#BD8F38 #38BD4C #3866BD #BD38A8

split-complementary

#BD8F38 #38A8BD #4C38BD

monochromatic

#5F481C #8E6B2A #BD8F38 #D0AA62 #DEC491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BD8F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#BD8F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8F38

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8F38	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)

#A1902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 143, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.117 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af73',
    500: '#bd8f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8f38;
$custom-light: #d5af73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.248,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67816,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8F38

secondary

#879EC9

accent

#7DDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8F38

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

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