#BD822B#BD822B

#BD822B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.123 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD822B
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 43)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, 15.16, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 55.46, 74.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.0373 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.123 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4071, 26.9611, 5.9403)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD822B #2B66BD

analogous

#BD392B #BD822B #AFBD2B

triadic

#BD822B #2BBD82 #822BBD

tetradic

#BD822B #2BBD39 #2B66BD #BD2BAF

square

#BD822B #2BBD39 #2B66BD #BD2BAF

split-complementary

#BD822B #2BAFBD #392BBD

monochromatic

#593D14 #8B6020 #BD822B #D7A04E #E2BB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BD822B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#BD822B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD822B

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD822B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD822B	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)

#97851E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd822b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.123 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a66b',
    500: '#bd822b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd822b;
$custom-light: #d6a66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd822b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.753,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65158,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD822B

secondary

#799ACB

accent

#84E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD822B

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

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