#BD7E21#BD7E21

#BD7E21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.127 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7E21
RGB	rgb(189, 126, 33)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(36, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, 17.01, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 58.71, 73.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% 0.0415 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.127 71)
XYZ	xyz(28.7239, 25.8530, 4.9159)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7E21 #2160BD

analogous

#BD3021 #BD7E21 #AEBD21

triadic

#BD7E21 #21BD7E #7E21BD

tetradic

#BD7E21 #21BD30 #2160BD #BD21AE

square

#BD7E21 #21BD30 #2160BD #BD21AE

split-complementary

#BD7E21 #21AEBD #3021BD

monochromatic

#55390F #895B18 #BD7E21 #DD9D3E #E6B772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#BD7E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#BD7E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7E21

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7E21	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94820D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 126, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.127 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a365',
    500: '#bd7e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7e21;
$custom-light: #d7a365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64328,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.2585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7E21

secondary

#6D94CD

accent

#83ED3B

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF3EB

border

#D5CDC6

text

#160F06

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7E21

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

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