#BD8523#BD8523

#BD8523 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.127 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8523
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, 13.21, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 58.54, 76.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.0306 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.127 76)
XYZ	xyz(29.6794, 27.7178, 5.3767)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8523 #235BBD

analogous

#BD3823 #BD8523 #A8BD23

triadic

#BD8523 #23BD85 #8523BD

tetradic

#BD8523 #23BD38 #235BBD #BD23A8

square

#BD8523 #23BD38 #235BBD #BD23A8

split-complementary

#BD8523 #23A8BD #3823BD

monochromatic

#563C10 #896119 #BD8523 #DCA441 #E5BD75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BD8523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#BD8523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8523

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8523	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)

#9A880E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.127 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a867',
    500: '#bd8523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8523;
$custom-light: #d6a867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65685,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.27715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8523

secondary

#6F91CD

accent

#7CEC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F06

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8523

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

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