#BD9230#BD9230

#BD9230 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.123 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9230
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 48)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, 6.58, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 55.66, 83.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% 0.0129 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.123 84)
XYZ	xyz(31.8006, 31.5922, 7.2187)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9230 #305BBD

analogous

#BD4C30 #BD9230 #A2BD30

triadic

#BD9230 #30BD92 #9230BD

tetradic

#BD9230 #30BD4C #305BBD #BD30A2

square

#BD9230 #30BD4C #305BBD #BD30A2

split-complementary

#BD9230 #30A2BD #4C30BD

monochromatic

#5B4717 #8C6C24 #BD9230 #D4AE56 #E0C587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BD9230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#BD9230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9230

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9230	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.123 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b16f',
    500: '#bd9230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9230;
$custom-light: #d5b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.702,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68351,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.3159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9230

secondary

#7F96CA

accent

#75E345

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9230

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

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