#BD8924#BD8924

#BD8924 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.127 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8924
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 36)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 81%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, 11.04, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 58.62, 79.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.0245 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.127 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2525, 28.8400, 5.6421)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8924 #2458BD

analogous

#BD3D24 #BD8924 #A5BD24

triadic

#BD8924 #24BD89 #8924BD

tetradic

#BD8924 #24BD3D #2458BD #BD24A5

square

#BD8924 #24BD3D #2458BD #BD24A5

split-complementary

#BD8924 #24A5BD #3D24BD

monochromatic

#563E10 #8A641A #BD8924 #DBA743 #E5BF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BD8924 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#BD8924 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8924

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8924	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8924	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8924;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.127 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ab68',
    500: '#bd8924',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8924;
$custom-light: #d6ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8924",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.608,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66474,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8924

secondary

#7090CC

accent

#78EB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8924

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

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