#BD9527#BD9527

#BD9527 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.129 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9527
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 39)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(44, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 79.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 4.57, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 59.49, 85.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.0062 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.129 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1019, 32.4624, 6.4941)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9527 #274FBD

analogous

#BD4A27 #BD9527 #9ABD27

triadic

#BD9527 #27BD95 #9527BD

tetradic

#BD9527 #27BD4A #274FBD #BD279A

square

#BD9527 #27BD4A #274FBD #BD279A

split-complementary

#BD9527 #279ABD #4A27BD

monochromatic

#584512 #8A6D1D #BD9527 #D9B248 #E4C87B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BD9527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BD9527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9527

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9527	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8940F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.129 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b36b',
    500: '#bd9527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9527;
$custom-light: #d6b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68898,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9527

secondary

#748BCC

accent

#6CE93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9527

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

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