#BD972B#BD972B

#BD972B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.128 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD972B
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 43)
HSL	hsl(44, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, 3.64, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 58.50, 86.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% 0.0039 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.128 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4909, 33.1286, 6.9682)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD972B #2B51BD

analogous

#BD4E2B #BD972B #9ABD2B

triadic

#BD972B #2BBD97 #972BBD

tetradic

#BD972B #2BBD4E #2B51BD #BD2B9A

square

#BD972B #2BBD4E #2B51BD #BD2B9A

split-complementary

#BD972B #2B9ABD #4E2BBD

monochromatic

#594714 #8B6F20 #BD972B #D7B34E #E2C980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BD972B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BD972B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD972B

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD972B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD972B	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd972b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.128 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b56d',
    500: '#bd972b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd972b;
$custom-light: #d5b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd972b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.384,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69332,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD972B

secondary

#798ECB

accent

#6DE642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD972B

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

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