#BD8424#BD8424

#BD8424 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.126 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8424
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 36)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 13.80, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 58.12, 76.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.0324 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.126 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5582, 27.4513, 5.4106)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8424 #245DBD

analogous

#BD3824 #BD8424 #AABD24

triadic

#BD8424 #24BD84 #8424BD

tetradic

#BD8424 #24BD38 #245DBD #BD24AA

square

#BD8424 #24BD38 #245DBD #BD24AA

split-complementary

#BD8424 #24AABD #3824BD

monochromatic

#563C10 #8A601A #BD8424 #DBA243 #E5BC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BD8424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BD8424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8424

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8424	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)

#998711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.126 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a767',
    500: '#bd8424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8424;
$custom-light: #d6a767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65497,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8424

secondary

#7093CC

accent

#7EEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8424

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

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