#BD9435#BD9435

#BD9435 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.120 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9435
RGB	rgb(189, 148, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, 5.72, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 54.06, 83.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% 0.0111 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.12 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2207, 32.2579, 7.8968)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9435 #355EBD

analogous

#BD5035 #BD9435 #A2BD35

triadic

#BD9435 #35BD94 #9435BD

tetradic

#BD9435 #35BD50 #355EBD #BD35A2

square

#BD9435 #35BD50 #355EBD #BD35A2

split-complementary

#BD9435 #35A2BD #5035BD

monochromatic

#5D491A #8D6F28 #BD9435 #D2AF5D #DFC68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BD9435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#BD9435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9435

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9435	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 148, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.120 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b372',
    500: '#bd9435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9435;
$custom-light: #d5b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.912,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68795,
    "c": 0.1203,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9435

secondary

#8499CA

accent

#76DF48

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9435

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

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