#BD9533#BD9533

#BD9533 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.122 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9533
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, 5.08, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 55.07, 84.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% 0.009 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.122 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3332, 32.5549, 7.7121)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9533 #335BBD

analogous

#BD5033 #BD9533 #A0BD33

triadic

#BD9533 #33BD95 #9533BD

tetradic

#BD9533 #33BD50 #335BBD #BD33A0

square

#BD9533 #33BD50 #335BBD #BD33A0

split-complementary

#BD9533 #33A0BD #5033BD

monochromatic

#5D4919 #8D6F26 #BD9533 #D3B05B #E0C78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BD9533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BD9533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9533

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9533	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)

#A79425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.122 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b371',
    500: '#bd9533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9533;
$custom-light: #d5b371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.609,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68982,
    "c": 0.12201,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9533

secondary

#8297CA

accent

#74E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9533

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

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