#BD9235#BD9235

#BD9235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.120 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9235
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, 6.81, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 53.67, 82.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% 0.0142 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.12 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9097, 31.6359, 7.7931)
Luminance	0.3163 (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

#BD9235 #3560BD

analogous

#BD4E35 #BD9235 #A4BD35

triadic

#BD9235 #35BD92 #9235BD

tetradic

#BD9235 #35BD4E #3560BD #BD35A4

square

#BD9235 #35BD4E #3560BD #BD35A4

split-complementary

#BD9235 #35A4BD #4E35BD

monochromatic

#5D481A #8D6D28 #BD9235 #D2AD5D #DFC58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BD9235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BD9235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9235

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9235	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.120 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b172',
    500: '#bd9235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9235;
$custom-light: #d5b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.029,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68391,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9235

secondary

#849ACA

accent

#78DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9235

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

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