#BD8323#BD8323

#BD8323 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.127 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8323
RGB	rgb(189, 131, 35)
HSL	hsl(37, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(37, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 14.32, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 58.37, 75.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0338 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.127 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4082, 27.1753, 5.2863)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8323 #235DBD

analogous

#BD3623 #BD8323 #AABD23

triadic

#BD8323 #23BD83 #8323BD

tetradic

#BD8323 #23BD36 #235DBD #BD23AA

square

#BD8323 #23BD36 #235DBD #BD23AA

split-complementary

#BD8323 #23AABD #3623BD

monochromatic

#563B10 #895F19 #BD8323 #DCA241 #E5BB75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BD8323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#BD8323 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8323

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8323	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)

#98860F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 131, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.127 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a667',
    500: '#bd8323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8323;
$custom-light: #d6a667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.403,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65297,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8323

secondary

#6F92CD

accent

#7EEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8323

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

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