#BD842C#BD842C

#BD842C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.122 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD842C
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, 14.10, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 55.25, 75.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% 0.0343 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.122 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6943, 27.5057, 6.1276)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD842C #2C65BD

analogous

#BD3B2C #BD842C #ADBD2C

triadic

#BD842C #2CBD84 #842CBD

tetradic

#BD842C #2CBD3B #2C65BD #BD2CAD

square

#BD842C #2CBD3B #2C65BD #BD2CAD

split-complementary

#BD842C #2CADBD #3B2CBD

monochromatic

#5A3F15 #8B6120 #BD842C #D6A150 #E2BC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BD842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BD842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD842C

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD842C	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)

#98871F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.122 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a76b',
    500: '#bd842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd842c;
$custom-light: #d6a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.414,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65551,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD842C

secondary

#7A9ACB

accent

#82E542

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD842C

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

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