#BD9228#BD9228

#BD9228 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.127 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9228
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, 6.24, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 58.59, 83.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% 0.0111 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.127 85)
XYZ	xyz(31.6502, 31.5321, 6.4264)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9228 #2853BD

analogous

#BD4828 #BD9228 #9DBD28

triadic

#BD9228 #28BD92 #9228BD

tetradic

#BD9228 #28BD48 #2853BD #BD289D

square

#BD9228 #28BD48 #2853BD #BD289D

split-complementary

#BD9228 #289DBD #4828BD

monochromatic

#584413 #8A6B1D #BD9228 #D9AF4A #E3C67C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BD9228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#BD9228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9228

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9228	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59213

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.127 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b16b',
    500: '#bd9228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9228;
$custom-light: #d6b16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.685,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68296,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.3153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9228

secondary

#758ECB

accent

#70E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9228

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

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