#BD9236#BD9236

#BD9236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.119 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9236
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, 6.87, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 53.26, 82.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.0145 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.119 83)
XYZ	xyz(31.9330, 31.6452, 7.9156)
Luminance	0.3164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9236 #3661BD

analogous

#BD4E36 #BD9236 #A4BD36

triadic

#BD9236 #36BD92 #9236BD

tetradic

#BD9236 #36BD4E #3661BD #BD36A4

square

#BD9236 #36BD4E #3661BD #BD36A4

split-complementary

#BD9236 #36A4BD #4E36BD

monochromatic

#5E481B #8D6D28 #BD9236 #D1AD5F #DFC58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BD9236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BD9236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9236

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9236	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)

#A4922A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.119 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b172',
    500: '#bd9236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9236;
$custom-light: #d5b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.684,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.31643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9236

secondary

#859BC9

accent

#79DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9236

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

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