#BD9038#BD9038

#BD9038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.117 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9038
RGB	rgb(189, 144, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 8.07, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 52.07, 81.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% 0.0182 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.117 81)
XYZ	xyz(31.6753, 31.0531, 8.0662)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9038 #3865BD

analogous

#BD4D38 #BD9038 #A8BD38

triadic

#BD9038 #38BD90 #9038BD

tetradic

#BD9038 #38BD4D #3865BD #BD38A8

square

#BD9038 #38BD4D #3865BD #BD38A8

split-complementary

#BD9038 #38A8BD #4D38BD

monochromatic

#5F481C #8E6C2A #BD9038 #D0AB62 #DEC491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BD9038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#BD9038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9038

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9038	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)

#A2912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 144, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.117 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b073',
    500: '#bd9038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9038;
$custom-light: #d5b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.699,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68016,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.31051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9038

secondary

#879EC9

accent

#7CDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9038

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

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