#BD9535#BD9535

#BD9535 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.121 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9535
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, 5.18, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 54.27, 84.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69% 0.0095 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.121 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3782, 32.5729, 7.9493)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9535 #355DBD

analogous

#BD5135 #BD9535 #A1BD35

triadic

#BD9535 #35BD95 #9535BD

tetradic

#BD9535 #35BD51 #355DBD #BD35A1

square

#BD9535 #35BD51 #355DBD #BD35A1

split-complementary

#BD9535 #35A1BD #5135BD

monochromatic

#5D4A1A #8D6F28 #BD9535 #D2B05D #DFC78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BD9535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BD9535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9535

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9535	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	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)

#A79428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.121 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b372',
    500: '#bd9535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9535;
$custom-light: #d5b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68998,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9535

secondary

#8499CA

accent

#75DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9535

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

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