#BD8321#BD8321

#BD8321 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.127 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8321
RGB	rgb(189, 131, 33)
HSL	hsl(38, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 14.25, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 59.02, 76.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% 0.0334 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.127 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3793, 27.1638, 5.1344)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8321 #215BBD

analogous

#BD3521 #BD8321 #A9BD21

triadic

#BD8321 #21BD83 #8321BD

tetradic

#BD8321 #21BD35 #215BBD #BD21A9

square

#BD8321 #21BD35 #215BBD #BD21A9

split-complementary

#BD8321 #21A9BD #3521BD

monochromatic

#553B0F #895F18 #BD8321 #DDA23E #E6BB72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BD8321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#BD8321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8321

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8321	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98860A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 131, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.127 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a666',
    500: '#bd8321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8321;
$custom-light: #d6a666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.692,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65285,
    "c": 0.12739,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8321

secondary

#6D91CD

accent

#7DED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8321

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

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