#BD8422#BD8422

#BD8422 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.127 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8422
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 34)
HSL	hsl(38, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 13.73, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 58.78, 76.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.032 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.127 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5285, 27.4394, 5.2542)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8422 #225BBD

analogous

#BD3622 #BD8422 #A8BD22

triadic

#BD8422 #22BD84 #8422BD

tetradic

#BD8422 #22BD36 #225BBD #BD22A8

square

#BD8422 #22BD36 #225BBD #BD22A8

split-complementary

#BD8422 #22A8BD #3622BD

monochromatic

#553C0F #896019 #BD8422 #DDA340 #E6BC73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BD8422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BD8422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8422

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8422	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)

#99870C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.127 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a766',
    500: '#bd8422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8422;
$custom-light: #d6a766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.935,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65485,
    "c": 0.127,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8422

secondary

#6E91CD

accent

#7DEC3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8422

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

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