#BD9437#BD9437

#BD9437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.119 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9437
RGB	rgb(189, 148, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, 5.82, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 53.24, 83.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% 0.0116 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.119 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2677, 32.2767, 8.1442)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9437 #3760BD

analogous

#BD5137 #BD9437 #A3BD37

triadic

#BD9437 #37BD94 #9437BD

tetradic

#BD9437 #37BD51 #3760BD #BD37A3

square

#BD9437 #37BD51 #3760BD #BD37A3

split-complementary

#BD9437 #37A3BD #5137BD

monochromatic

#5E4A1B #8E6F29 #BD9437 #D1AE60 #DFC790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BD9437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#BD9437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9437

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9437	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)

#A6942B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 148, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.119 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b373',
    500: '#bd9437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9437;
$custom-light: #d5b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.642,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68812,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9437

secondary

#869BC9

accent

#77DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9437

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

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