#BD9238#BD9238

#BD9238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.118 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9238
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, 6.97, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 52.43, 82.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% 0.0151 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.118 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9809, 31.6643, 8.1680)
Luminance	0.3166 (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

#BD9238 #3863BD

analogous

#BD5038 #BD9238 #A5BD38

triadic

#BD9238 #38BD92 #9238BD

tetradic

#BD9238 #38BD50 #3863BD #BD38A5

square

#BD9238 #38BD50 #3863BD #BD38A5

split-complementary

#BD9238 #38A5BD #5038BD

monochromatic

#5F491C #8E6E2A #BD9238 #D0AD62 #DEC591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BD9238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BD9238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9238

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9238	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)

#A4922D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.118 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b173',
    500: '#bd9238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9238;
$custom-light: #d5b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.602,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68417,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9238

secondary

#879DC9

accent

#7ADE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9238

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

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