#BD9531#BD9531

#BD9531 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.123 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9531
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, 4.98, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 55.85, 84.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0084 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.123 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2900, 32.5377, 7.4848)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9531 #3159BD

analogous

#BD4F31 #BD9531 #9FBD31

triadic

#BD9531 #31BD95 #9531BD

tetradic

#BD9531 #31BD4F #3159BD #BD319F

square

#BD9531 #31BD4F #3159BD #BD319F

split-complementary

#BD9531 #319FBD #4F31BD

monochromatic

#5C4818 #8C6F24 #BD9531 #D4B058 #E0C788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BD9531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BD9531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9531

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9531	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)

#A79422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.123 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b370',
    500: '#bd9531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9531;
$custom-light: #d5b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68966,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9531

secondary

#8095CA

accent

#72E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9531

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

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