#BD8F40#BD8F40

#BD8F40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.111 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8F40
RGB	rgb(189, 143, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 9.08, 47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 48.44, 79.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% 0.0223 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.111 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7360, 30.8362, 9.1300)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8F40 #406EBD

analogous

#BD5140 #BD8F40 #ADBD40

triadic

#BD8F40 #40BD8F #8F40BD

tetradic

#BD8F40 #40BD51 #406EBD #BD40AD

square

#BD8F40 #40BD51 #406EBD #BD40AD

split-complementary

#BD8F40 #40ADBD #5140BD

monochromatic

#624A21 #8F6C31 #BD8F40 #CDAA6D #DDC49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BD8F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#BD8F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8F40

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8F40	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 143, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.111 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5af78',
    500: '#bd8f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8f40;
$custom-light: #d5af78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.92,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67895,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8F40

secondary

#90A5C9

accent

#82D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8F40

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

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