#BD8829#BD8829

#BD8829 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.124 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8829
RGB	rgb(189, 136, 41)
HSL	hsl(39, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 78.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, 11.77, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 56.77, 78.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% 0.0271 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.124 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1928, 28.5897, 6.0256)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8829 #295EBD

analogous

#BD3E29 #BD8829 #A8BD29

triadic

#BD8829 #29BD88 #8829BD

tetradic

#BD8829 #29BD3E #295EBD #BD29A8

square

#BD8829 #29BD3E #295EBD #BD29A8

split-complementary

#BD8829 #29A8BD #3E29BD

monochromatic

#584013 #8B641E #BD8829 #D8A64B #E3BF7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BD8829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BD8829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8829

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8829	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)

#9C8A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 136, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.124 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aa6a',
    500: '#bd8829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8829;
$custom-light: #d6aa6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.514,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66309,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8829

secondary

#7795CB

accent

#7CE740

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8829

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

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