#BD8828#BD8828

#BD8828 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.125 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8828
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 40)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, 11.73, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 57.13, 78.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.0269 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.125 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1756, 28.5828, 5.9348)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8828 #285DBD

analogous

#BD3E28 #BD8828 #A7BD28

triadic

#BD8828 #28BD88 #8828BD

tetradic

#BD8828 #28BD3E #285DBD #BD28A7

square

#BD8828 #28BD3E #285DBD #BD28A7

split-complementary

#BD8828 #28A7BD #3E28BD

monochromatic

#583F13 #8A641D #BD8828 #D9A64A #E3BF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BD8828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BD8828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8828

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8828	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.125 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aa6a',
    500: '#bd8828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8828;
$custom-light: #d6aa6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.658,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66303,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8828

secondary

#7594CB

accent

#7CE840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8828

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

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