#BD9037#BD9037

#BD9037 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.118 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9037
RGB	rgb(189, 144, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, 8.01, 51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 52.48, 81.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% 0.018 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.118 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6511, 31.0435, 7.9386)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9037 #3764BD

analogous

#BD4D37 #BD9037 #A7BD37

triadic

#BD9037 #37BD90 #9037BD

tetradic

#BD9037 #37BD4D #3764BD #BD37A7

square

#BD9037 #37BD4D #3764BD #BD37A7

split-complementary

#BD9037 #37A7BD #4D37BD

monochromatic

#5E481B #8E6C29 #BD9037 #D1AB60 #DFC490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BD9037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#BD9037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9037

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9037	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)

#A2912C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 144, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.118 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b073',
    500: '#bd9037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9037;
$custom-light: #d5b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.851,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68007,
    "c": 0.11753,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9037

secondary

#869DC9

accent

#7BDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9037

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

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