#BD9338#BD9338

#BD9338 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.118 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9338
RGB	rgb(189, 147, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, 6.42, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 52.63, 82.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% 0.0135 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.118 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1357, 31.9740, 8.2196)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9338 #3862BD

analogous

#BD5138 #BD9338 #A4BD38

triadic

#BD9338 #38BD93 #9338BD

tetradic

#BD9338 #38BD51 #3862BD #BD38A4

square

#BD9338 #38BD51 #3862BD #BD38A4

split-complementary

#BD9338 #38A4BD #5138BD

monochromatic

#5F4A1C #8E6E2A #BD9338 #D0AD62 #DEC691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BD9338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#BD9338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9338

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9338	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 147, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.118 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b273',
    500: '#bd9338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9338;
$custom-light: #d5b273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68619,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9338

secondary

#879CC9

accent

#79DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9338

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

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