#BD9136#BD9136

#BD9136 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.119 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9136
RGB	rgb(189, 145, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, 7.41, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 53.08, 81.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% 0.0161 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.119 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7795, 31.3382, 7.8644)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9136 #3662BD

analogous

#BD4D36 #BD9136 #A6BD36

triadic

#BD9136 #36BD91 #9136BD

tetradic

#BD9136 #36BD4D #3662BD #BD36A6

square

#BD9136 #36BD4D #3662BD #BD36A6

split-complementary

#BD9136 #36A6BD #4D36BD

monochromatic

#5E481B #8D6C28 #BD9136 #D1AC5F #DFC58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BD9136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#BD9136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9136

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9136	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 145, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.119 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b172',
    500: '#bd9136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9136;
$custom-light: #d5b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68198,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9136

secondary

#859CC9

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9136

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

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