#BD8822#BD8822

#BD8822 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.127 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8822
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(39, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 11.52, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 59.16, 78.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0256 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.127 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0813, 28.5451, 5.4385)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8822 #2257BD

analogous

#BD3A22 #BD8822 #A4BD22

triadic

#BD8822 #22BD88 #8822BD

tetradic

#BD8822 #22BD3A #2257BD #BD22A4

square

#BD8822 #22BD3A #2257BD #BD22A4

split-complementary

#BD8822 #22A4BD #3A22BD

monochromatic

#553D0F #896319 #BD8822 #DDA740 #E6BF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BD8822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BD8822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8822

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8822	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)

#9C8A0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.127 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aa67',
    500: '#bd8822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8822;
$custom-light: #d6aa67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.484,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66266,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8822

secondary

#6E8ECD

accent

#78EC3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8822

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

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