#BD9537#BD9537

#BD9537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9537
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 5.28, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 53.45, 84.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% 0.01 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.119 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4252, 32.5917, 8.1967)
Luminance	0.3259 (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

#BD9537 #375FBD

analogous

#BD5237 #BD9537 #A2BD37

triadic

#BD9537 #37BD95 #9537BD

tetradic

#BD9537 #37BD52 #375FBD #BD37A2

square

#BD9537 #37BD52 #375FBD #BD37A2

split-complementary

#BD9537 #37A2BD #5237BD

monochromatic

#5E4A1B #8E7029 #BD9537 #D1AF60 #DFC790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BD9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BD9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9537

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9537	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)

#A7952B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b373',
    500: '#bd9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9537;
$custom-light: #d5b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.09,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69015,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9537

secondary

#869AC9

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9537

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

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