#BD9233#BD9233

#BD9233 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.121 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9233
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 51)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, 6.72, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 54.48, 82.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.0137 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.121 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8647, 31.6179, 7.5559)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9233 #335EBD

analogous

#BD4D33 #BD9233 #A3BD33

triadic

#BD9233 #33BD92 #9233BD

tetradic

#BD9233 #33BD4D #335EBD #BD33A3

square

#BD9233 #33BD4D #335EBD #BD33A3

split-complementary

#BD9233 #33A3BD #4D33BD

monochromatic

#5D4819 #8D6D26 #BD9233 #D3AD5B #E0C58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BD9233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#BD9233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9233

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9233	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)

#A49226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.121 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b171',
    500: '#bd9233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9233;
$custom-light: #d5b171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.304,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68375,
    "c": 0.12082,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9233

secondary

#8298CA

accent

#77E147

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9233

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

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