#BD9534#BD9534

#BD9534 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.121 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9534
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 52)
HSL	hsl(42, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, 5.13, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 54.67, 84.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% 0.0092 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.121 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3555, 32.5638, 7.8294)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9534 #345CBD

analogous

#BD5134 #BD9534 #A0BD34

triadic

#BD9534 #34BD95 #9534BD

tetradic

#BD9534 #34BD51 #345CBD #BD34A0

square

#BD9534 #34BD51 #345CBD #BD34A0

split-complementary

#BD9534 #34A0BD #5134BD

monochromatic

#5D491A #8D6F27 #BD9534 #D2B05C #DFC78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BD9534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BD9534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9534

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9534	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)

#A79426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.121 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b371',
    500: '#bd9534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9534;
$custom-light: #d5b371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.482,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6899,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9534

secondary

#8398CA

accent

#74E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9534

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

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