#BD8522#BD8522

#BD8522 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.127 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8522
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(38, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, 13.18, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 58.86, 77.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.0304 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.127 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6647, 27.7119, 5.2997)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8522 #225ABD

analogous

#BD3822 #BD8522 #A7BD22

triadic

#BD8522 #22BD85 #8522BD

tetradic

#BD8522 #22BD38 #225ABD #BD22A7

square

#BD8522 #22BD38 #225ABD #BD22A7

split-complementary

#BD8522 #22A7BD #3822BD

monochromatic

#553C0F #896019 #BD8522 #DDA440 #E6BD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BD8522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#BD8522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8522

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8522	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A880C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.127 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a866',
    500: '#bd8522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8522;
$custom-light: #d6a866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.323,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65679,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8522

secondary

#6E90CD

accent

#7BEC3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8522

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

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