#BD8229#BD8229

#BD8229 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.124 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8229
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 41)
HSL	hsl(36, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 78.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, 15.08, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 56.20, 74.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% 0.0368 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.124 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3713, 26.9468, 5.7518)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8229 #2964BD

analogous

#BD3829 #BD8229 #AEBD29

triadic

#BD8229 #29BD82 #8229BD

tetradic

#BD8229 #29BD38 #2964BD #BD29AE

square

#BD8229 #29BD38 #2964BD #BD29AE

split-complementary

#BD8229 #29AEBD #3829BD

monochromatic

#583D13 #8B5F1E #BD8229 #D8A04B #E3BA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BD8229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#BD8229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8229

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8229	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97851A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.124 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a669',
    500: '#bd8229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8229;
$custom-light: #d6a669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.081,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65144,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8229

secondary

#7798CB

accent

#83E740

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8229

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

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