#BD972F#BD972F

#BD972F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.125 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD972F
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 47)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(44, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, 3.80, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 57.04, 86.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% 0.0048 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.125 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5679, 33.1594, 7.3738)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD972F #2F55BD

analogous

#BD502F #BD972F #9CBD2F

triadic

#BD972F #2FBD97 #972FBD

tetradic

#BD972F #2FBD50 #2F55BD #BD2F9C

square

#BD972F #2FBD50 #2F55BD #BD2F9C

split-complementary

#BD972F #2F9CBD #502FBD

monochromatic

#5B4917 #8C7023 #BD972F #D5B255 #E1C886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BD972F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BD972F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD972F

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD972F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD972F	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)

#A9961E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd972f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.125 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b56f',
    500: '#bd972f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd972f;
$custom-light: #d5b56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd972f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.944,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6936,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD972F

secondary

#7E92CA

accent

#6FE344

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD972F

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

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