#BD9035#BD9035

#BD9035 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.119 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9035
RGB	rgb(189, 144, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, 7.91, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 53.31, 81.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% 0.0174 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.119 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6041, 31.0247, 7.6913)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9035 #3562BD

analogous

#BD4C35 #BD9035 #A6BD35

triadic

#BD9035 #35BD90 #9035BD

tetradic

#BD9035 #35BD4C #3562BD #BD35A6

square

#BD9035 #35BD4C #3562BD #BD35A6

split-complementary

#BD9035 #35A6BD #4C35BD

monochromatic

#5D471A #8D6C28 #BD9035 #D2AB5D #DFC48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BD9035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#BD9035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9035

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9035	1.00	2.91	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 144, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.119 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b071',
    500: '#bd9035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9035;
$custom-light: #d5b071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.147,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67989,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9035

secondary

#849BCA

accent

#7ADF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9035

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

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