#BD9036#BD9036

#BD9036 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.118 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9036
RGB	rgb(189, 144, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, 7.96, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 52.90, 81.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.0177 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.118 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6274, 31.0340, 7.8137)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9036 #3663BD

analogous

#BD4C36 #BD9036 #A7BD36

triadic

#BD9036 #36BD90 #9036BD

tetradic

#BD9036 #36BD4C #3663BD #BD36A7

square

#BD9036 #36BD4C #3663BD #BD36A7

split-complementary

#BD9036 #36A7BD #4C36BD

monochromatic

#5E471B #8D6C28 #BD9036 #D1AB5F #DFC48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BD9036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#BD9036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9036

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9036	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2912A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 144, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.118 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b072',
    500: '#bd9036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9036;
$custom-light: #d5b072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67998,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9036

secondary

#859CC9

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9036

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

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