#BD842F#BD842F

#BD842F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.120 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD842F
RGB	rgb(189, 132, 47)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 14.23, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 54.10, 74.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.035 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.12 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7528, 27.5291, 6.4354)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD842F #2F68BD

analogous

#BD3D2F #BD842F #AFBD2F

triadic

#BD842F #2FBD84 #842FBD

tetradic

#BD842F #2FBD3D #2F68BD #BD2FAF

square

#BD842F #2FBD3D #2F68BD #BD2FAF

split-complementary

#BD842F #2FAFBD #3D2FBD

monochromatic

#5B4017 #8C6223 #BD842F #D5A155 #E1BC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BD842F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BD842F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD842F

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD842F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD842F	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd842f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 132, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.120 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a76d',
    500: '#bd842f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd842f;
$custom-light: #d6a76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd842f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.915,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65575,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD842F

secondary

#7E9CCA

accent

#84E344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD842F

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

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