#BD842A#BD842A

#BD842A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.123 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD842A
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 42)
HSL	hsl(37, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 14.02, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 56.00, 75.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.0338 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.123 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6576, 27.4911, 5.9344)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD842A #2A63BD

analogous

#BD3B2A #BD842A #ACBD2A

triadic

#BD842A #2ABD84 #842ABD

tetradic

#BD842A #2ABD3B #2A63BD #BD2AAC

square

#BD842A #2ABD3B #2A63BD #BD2AAC

split-complementary

#BD842A #2AACBD #3B2ABD

monochromatic

#593E14 #8B611F #BD842A #D7A24D #E3BC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BD842A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BD842A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD842A

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD842A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD842A	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd842a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.123 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a76a',
    500: '#bd842a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd842a;
$custom-light: #d6a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd842a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.735,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65537,
    "c": 0.12317,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD842A

secondary

#7898CB

accent

#81E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD842A

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

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