#BD9138#BD9138

#BD9138 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.117 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9138
RGB	rgb(189, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, 7.52, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 52.25, 81.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% 0.0166 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.117 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8274, 31.3574, 8.1169)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9138 #3864BD

analogous

#BD4E38 #BD9138 #A7BD38

triadic

#BD9138 #38BD91 #9138BD

tetradic

#BD9138 #38BD4E #3864BD #BD38A7

square

#BD9138 #38BD4E #3864BD #BD38A7

split-complementary

#BD9138 #38A7BD #4E38BD

monochromatic

#5F491C #8E6D2A #BD9138 #D0AC62 #DEC591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BD9138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#BD9138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9138

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9138	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)

#A3912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.117 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b173',
    500: '#bd9138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9138;
$custom-light: #d5b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.15,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68216,
    "c": 0.11718,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9138

secondary

#879DC9

accent

#7BDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9138

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

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