#BD842E#BD842E

#BD842E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.121 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD842E
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 14.19, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 54.49, 74.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.0348 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.121 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7328, 27.5211, 6.3304)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD842E #2E67BD

analogous

#BD3C2E #BD842E #AEBD2E

triadic

#BD842E #2EBD84 #842EBD

tetradic

#BD842E #2EBD3C #2E67BD #BD2EAE

square

#BD842E #2EBD3C #2E67BD #BD2EAE

split-complementary

#BD842E #2EAEBD #3C2EBD

monochromatic

#5B3F16 #8C6222 #BD842E #D5A153 #E1BC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BD842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BD842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD842E

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD842E	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)

#988722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.121 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a76c',
    500: '#bd842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd842e;
$custom-light: #d6a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.084,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65567,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD842E

secondary

#7C9BCA

accent

#84E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD842E

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

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