#BD8421#BD8421

#BD8421 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.127 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8421
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 33)
HSL	hsl(38, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 13.70, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 59.10, 76.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.0318 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.127 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5143, 27.4337, 5.1794)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8421 #215ABD

analogous

#BD3621 #BD8421 #A8BD21

triadic

#BD8421 #21BD84 #8421BD

tetradic

#BD8421 #21BD36 #215ABD #BD21A8

square

#BD8421 #21BD36 #215ABD #BD21A8

split-complementary

#BD8421 #21A8BD #3621BD

monochromatic

#553B0F #896018 #BD8421 #DDA33E #E6BC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BD8421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BD8421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8421

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8421	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.127 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a766',
    500: '#bd8421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8421;
$custom-light: #d6a766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65479,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8421

secondary

#6D90CD

accent

#7CED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8421

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

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