#BD9536#BD9536

#BD9536 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.120 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9536
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, 5.23, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 53.86, 84.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.0098 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.12 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4015, 32.5822, 8.0717)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9536 #365EBD

analogous

#BD5136 #BD9536 #A2BD36

triadic

#BD9536 #36BD95 #9536BD

tetradic

#BD9536 #36BD51 #365EBD #BD36A2

square

#BD9536 #36BD51 #365EBD #BD36A2

split-complementary

#BD9536 #36A2BD #5136BD

monochromatic

#5E4A1B #8D6F28 #BD9536 #D1AF5F #DFC78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BD9536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BD9536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9536

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9536	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.120 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b373',
    500: '#bd9536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9536;
$custom-light: #d5b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69007,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9536

secondary

#859AC9

accent

#75DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9536

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

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