#BD9532#BD9532

#BD9532 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.123 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9532
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 50)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, 5.03, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 55.46, 84.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0087 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.123 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3114, 32.5462, 7.5972)
Luminance	0.3254 (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

#BD9532 #325ABD

analogous

#BD5032 #BD9532 #A0BD32

triadic

#BD9532 #32BD95 #9532BD

tetradic

#BD9532 #32BD50 #325ABD #BD32A0

square

#BD9532 #32BD50 #325ABD #BD32A0

split-complementary

#BD9532 #32A0BD #5032BD

monochromatic

#5C4918 #8D6F25 #BD9532 #D3B059 #E0C789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BD9532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BD9532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9532

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9532	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)

#A79423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.123 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b370',
    500: '#bd9532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9532;
$custom-light: #d5b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.734,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68974,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9532

secondary

#8196CA

accent

#73E146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9532

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

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