#BD9227#BD9227

#BD9227 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.128 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9227
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 39)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, 6.21, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 58.94, 83.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.0108 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.128 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6334, 31.5254, 6.3380)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9227 #2752BD

analogous

#BD4727 #BD9227 #9DBD27

triadic

#BD9227 #27BD92 #9227BD

tetradic

#BD9227 #27BD47 #2752BD #BD279D

square

#BD9227 #27BD47 #2752BD #BD279D

split-complementary

#BD9227 #279DBD #4727BD

monochromatic

#584412 #8A6B1D #BD9227 #D9B048 #E4C67B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BD9227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BD9227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9227

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9227	1.00	2.87	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.128 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b16a',
    500: '#bd9227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9227;
$custom-light: #d6b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68289,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9227

secondary

#748DCC

accent

#70E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9227

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

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