#BD8226#BD8226

#BD8226 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.125 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8226
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 38)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 79.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, 14.97, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 57.27, 74.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.0361 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.125 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3210, 26.9266, 5.4865)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8226 #2661BD

analogous

#BD3626 #BD8226 #ADBD26

triadic

#BD8226 #26BD82 #8226BD

tetradic

#BD8226 #26BD36 #2661BD #BD26AD

square

#BD8226 #26BD36 #2661BD #BD26AD

split-complementary

#BD8226 #26ADBD #3626BD

monochromatic

#573C12 #8A5F1C #BD8226 #DAA046 #E4BA79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BD8226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#BD8226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8226

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8226	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)

#978515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.125 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a668',
    500: '#bd8226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8226;
$custom-light: #d6a668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.556,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65123,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8226

secondary

#7396CC

accent

#81E93E

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8226

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

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