#BD8821#BD8821

#BD8821 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.128 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8821
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 11.49, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 59.48, 78.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.0255 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.128 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0671, 28.5394, 5.3637)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8821 #2156BD

analogous

#BD3A21 #BD8821 #A4BD21

triadic

#BD8821 #21BD88 #8821BD

tetradic

#BD8821 #21BD3A #2156BD #BD21A4

square

#BD8821 #21BD3A #2156BD #BD21A4

split-complementary

#BD8821 #21A4BD #3A21BD

monochromatic

#553D0F #896318 #BD8821 #DDA73E #E6BF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BD8821 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BD8821 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8821

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8821	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8821	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8821;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.128 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aa66',
    500: '#bd8821',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8821;
$custom-light: #d6aa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8821",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.615,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6626,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8821

secondary

#6D8DCD

accent

#77ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8821

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

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