#BD8221#BD8221

#BD8221 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.127 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8221
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(37, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(37, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, 14.80, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 58.94, 75.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% 0.035 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.127 74)
XYZ	xyz(29.2457, 26.8965, 5.0898)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8221 #215CBD

analogous

#BD3421 #BD8221 #AABD21

triadic

#BD8221 #21BD82 #8221BD

tetradic

#BD8221 #21BD34 #215CBD #BD21AA

square

#BD8221 #21BD34 #215CBD #BD21AA

split-complementary

#BD8221 #21AABD #3421BD

monochromatic

#553A0F #895E18 #BD8221 #DDA13E #E6BA72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BD8221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#BD8221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8221

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8221	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97850B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.127 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a665',
    500: '#bd8221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8221;
$custom-light: #d6a665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.308,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65093,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.26894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8221

secondary

#6D91CD

accent

#7EED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8221

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

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