#BD9237#BD9237

#BD9237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.118 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9237
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, 6.92, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 52.85, 82.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% 0.0148 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.118 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9567, 31.6547, 8.0405)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9237 #3762BD

analogous

#BD4F37 #BD9237 #A5BD37

triadic

#BD9237 #37BD92 #9237BD

tetradic

#BD9237 #37BD4F #3762BD #BD37A5

square

#BD9237 #37BD4F #3762BD #BD37A5

split-complementary

#BD9237 #37A5BD #4F37BD

monochromatic

#5E491B #8E6D29 #BD9237 #D1AD60 #DFC590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BD9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BD9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9237

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9237	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	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)

#A4922B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.118 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b173',
    500: '#bd9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9237;
$custom-light: #d5b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.746,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68408,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9237

secondary

#869CC9

accent

#79DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9237

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

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