#BD8823#BD8823

#BD8823 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.127 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8823
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 35)
HSL	hsl(39, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 11.56, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 58.84, 78.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0258 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.127 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0960, 28.5510, 5.5156)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8823 #2358BD

analogous

#BD3B23 #BD8823 #A5BD23

triadic

#BD8823 #23BD88 #8823BD

tetradic

#BD8823 #23BD3B #2358BD #BD23A5

square

#BD8823 #23BD3B #2358BD #BD23A5

split-complementary

#BD8823 #23A5BD #3B23BD

monochromatic

#563E10 #896319 #BD8823 #DCA741 #E5BF75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BD8823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BD8823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8823

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8823	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)

#9C8A0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.127 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aa67',
    500: '#bd8823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8823;
$custom-light: #d6aa67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.351,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66271,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8823

secondary

#6F8FCD

accent

#79EC3C

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8823

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

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