#BD842B#BD842B

#BD842B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.123 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD842B
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 43)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 14.06, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 55.63, 75.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.034 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.123 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6757, 27.4983, 6.0298)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD842B #2B64BD

analogous

#BD3B2B #BD842B #ADBD2B

triadic

#BD842B #2BBD84 #842BBD

tetradic

#BD842B #2BBD3B #2B64BD #BD2BAD

square

#BD842B #2BBD3B #2B64BD #BD2BAD

split-complementary

#BD842B #2BADBD #3B2BBD

monochromatic

#593E14 #8B6120 #BD842B #D7A24E #E2BC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BD842B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BD842B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD842B

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD842B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD842B	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)

#98871D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd842b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.123 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a76b',
    500: '#bd842b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd842b;
$custom-light: #d6a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd842b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.575,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65544,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD842B

secondary

#7999CB

accent

#82E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD842B

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

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