#BD9436#BD9436

#BD9436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.120 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9436
RGB	rgb(189, 148, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, 5.77, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 53.66, 83.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% 0.0113 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.12 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2440, 32.2672, 8.0192)
Luminance	0.3226 (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

#BD9436 #365FBD

analogous

#BD5136 #BD9436 #A2BD36

triadic

#BD9436 #36BD94 #9436BD

tetradic

#BD9436 #36BD51 #365FBD #BD36A2

square

#BD9436 #36BD51 #365FBD #BD36A2

split-complementary

#BD9436 #36A2BD #5136BD

monochromatic

#5E491B #8D6F28 #BD9436 #D1AF5F #DFC68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BD9436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#BD9436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9436

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9436	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)

#A69429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 148, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.120 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b372',
    500: '#bd9436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9436;
$custom-light: #d5b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68804,
    "c": 0.11964,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9436

secondary

#859AC9

accent

#76DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9436

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

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