#BD9239#BD9239

#BD9239 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.117 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9239
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 57)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, 7.03, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 52.01, 82.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% 0.0153 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.117 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0056, 31.6742, 8.2981)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9239 #3964BD

analogous

#BD5039 #BD9239 #A6BD39

triadic

#BD9239 #39BD92 #9239BD

tetradic

#BD9239 #39BD50 #3964BD #BD39A6

square

#BD9239 #39BD50 #3964BD #BD39A6

split-complementary

#BD9239 #39A6BD #5039BD

monochromatic

#5F491D #8E6E2B #BD9239 #D0AD63 #DEC592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BD9239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BD9239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9239

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9239	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)

#A4922E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.117 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b174',
    500: '#bd9239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9239;
$custom-light: #d5b174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.455,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68426,
    "c": 0.11683,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9239

secondary

#899EC9

accent

#7ADD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9239

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

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