#BD972D#BD972D

#BD972D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.127 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD972D
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, 3.72, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 57.78, 86.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% 0.0043 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.127 88)
XYZ	xyz(32.5285, 33.1437, 7.1662)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD972D #2D53BD

analogous

#BD4F2D #BD972D #9BBD2D

triadic

#BD972D #2DBD97 #972DBD

tetradic

#BD972D #2DBD4F #2D53BD #BD2D9B

square

#BD972D #2DBD4F #2D53BD #BD2D9B

split-complementary

#BD972D #2D9BBD #4F2DBD

monochromatic

#5A4815 #8C7021 #BD972D #D6B352 #E1C983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BD972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BD972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD972D

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD972D	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)

#A9961B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.127 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b56e',
    500: '#bd972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd972d;
$custom-light: #d5b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.167,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69345,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.33141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD972D

secondary

#7B90CB

accent

#6EE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD972D

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

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