#BD842D#BD842D

#BD842D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.122 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD842D
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 45)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 14.14, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 54.88, 75.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% 0.0345 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.122 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7133, 27.5133, 6.2278)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD842D #2D66BD

analogous

#BD3C2D #BD842D #AEBD2D

triadic

#BD842D #2DBD84 #842DBD

tetradic

#BD842D #2DBD3C #2D66BD #BD2DAE

square

#BD842D #2DBD3C #2D66BD #BD2DAE

split-complementary

#BD842D #2DAEBD #3C2DBD

monochromatic

#5A3F15 #8C6121 #BD842D #D6A152 #E1BC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BD842D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BD842D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD842D

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD842D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD842D	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)

#988720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd842d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.122 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a76c',
    500: '#bd842d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd842d;
$custom-light: #d6a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd842d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65559,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD842D

secondary

#7B9BCB

accent

#83E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD842D

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

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