#BD9229#BD9229

#BD9229 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.127 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9229
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 41)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 78.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, 6.28, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 58.24, 83.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% 0.0113 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.127 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6674, 31.5390, 6.5171)
Luminance	0.3154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9229 #2954BD

analogous

#BD4829 #BD9229 #9EBD29

triadic

#BD9229 #29BD92 #9229BD

tetradic

#BD9229 #29BD48 #2954BD #BD299E

square

#BD9229 #29BD48 #2954BD #BD299E

split-complementary

#BD9229 #299EBD #4829BD

monochromatic

#584413 #8B6B1E #BD9229 #D8AF4B #E3C57D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BD9229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#BD9229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9229

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9229	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)

#A59215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.127 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b16b',
    500: '#bd9229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9229;
$custom-light: #d6b16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.568,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68302,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9229

secondary

#778FCB

accent

#71E740

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9229

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

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