#BD822C#BD822C

#BD822C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.122 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD822C
RGB	rgb(189, 130, 44)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, 15.21, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 55.09, 73.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.0375 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.122 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4257, 26.9685, 6.0381)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD822C #2C67BD

analogous

#BD392C #BD822C #AFBD2C

triadic

#BD822C #2CBD82 #822CBD

tetradic

#BD822C #2CBD39 #2C67BD #BD2CAF

square

#BD822C #2CBD39 #2C67BD #BD2CAF

split-complementary

#BD822C #2CAFBD #392CBD

monochromatic

#5A3E15 #8B6020 #BD822C #D6A050 #E2BB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#BD822C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#BD822C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD822C

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD822C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD822C	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	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)

#97851F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd822c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 130, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.122 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a66b',
    500: '#bd822c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd822c;
$custom-light: #d6a66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd822c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.586,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65166,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD822C

secondary

#7A9BCB

accent

#85E542

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD822C

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

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