#BD9231#BD9231

#BD9231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.122 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9231
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, 6.62, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 55.27, 83.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% 0.0132 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.122 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8215, 31.6006, 7.3286)
Luminance	0.3160 (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

#BD9231 #315CBD

analogous

#BD4C31 #BD9231 #A2BD31

triadic

#BD9231 #31BD92 #9231BD

tetradic

#BD9231 #31BD4C #315CBD #BD31A2

square

#BD9231 #31BD4C #315CBD #BD31A2

split-complementary

#BD9231 #31A2BD #4C31BD

monochromatic

#5C4718 #8C6C24 #BD9231 #D4AE58 #E0C588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BD9231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#BD9231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9231

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9231	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)

#A59223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.122 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b16f',
    500: '#bd9231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9231;
$custom-light: #d5b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68359,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9231

secondary

#8097CA

accent

#76E246

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9231

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

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