#BD8921#BD8921

#BD8921 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.128 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8921
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, 10.94, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 59.59, 79.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.0239 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.128 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2086, 28.8224, 5.4108)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8921 #2155BD

analogous

#BD3B21 #BD8921 #A3BD21

triadic

#BD8921 #21BD89 #8921BD

tetradic

#BD8921 #21BD3B #2155BD #BD21A3

square

#BD8921 #21BD3B #2155BD #BD21A3

split-complementary

#BD8921 #21A3BD #3B21BD

monochromatic

#553D0F #896318 #BD8921 #DDA83E #E6C072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BD8921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#BD8921 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8921

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8921	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.128 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ab66',
    500: '#bd8921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8921;
$custom-light: #d6ab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66457,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8921

secondary

#6D8DCD

accent

#76ED3B

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151006

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8921

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

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