#BD9530#BD9530

#BD9530 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.124 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9530
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 48)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 74.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, 4.94, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 56.24, 84.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% 0.0082 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.124 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2692, 32.5293, 7.3749)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9530 #3058BD

analogous

#BD4F30 #BD9530 #9FBD30

triadic

#BD9530 #30BD95 #9530BD

tetradic

#BD9530 #30BD4F #3058BD #BD309F

square

#BD9530 #30BD4F #3058BD #BD309F

split-complementary

#BD9530 #309FBD #4F30BD

monochromatic

#5B4817 #8C6F24 #BD9530 #D4B056 #E0C787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BD9530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BD9530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9530

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9530	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.124 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b36f',
    500: '#bd9530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9530;
$custom-light: #d5b36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.979,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68959,
    "c": 0.12387,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9530

secondary

#7F94CA

accent

#72E345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9530

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

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