#BD8824#BD8824

#BD8824 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.127 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8824
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 36)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, 11.59, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 58.51, 78.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.026 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.127 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1110, 28.5570, 5.5949)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8824 #2459BD

analogous

#BD3C24 #BD8824 #A6BD24

triadic

#BD8824 #24BD88 #8824BD

tetradic

#BD8824 #24BD3C #2459BD #BD24A6

square

#BD8824 #24BD3C #2459BD #BD24A6

split-complementary

#BD8824 #24A6BD #3C24BD

monochromatic

#563E10 #8A631A #BD8824 #DBA643 #E5BF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BD8824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BD8824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8824

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8824	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)

#9C8A0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.127 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aa68',
    500: '#bd8824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8824;
$custom-light: #d6aa68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.216,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66277,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8824

secondary

#7090CC

accent

#79EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8824

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

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