#BD9538#BD9538

#BD9538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9538
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, 5.33, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 53.03, 84.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% 0.0103 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.119 85)
XYZ	xyz(32.4494, 32.6014, 8.3242)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9538 #3860BD

analogous

#BD5238 #BD9538 #A2BD38

triadic

#BD9538 #38BD95 #9538BD

tetradic

#BD9538 #38BD52 #3860BD #BD38A2

square

#BD9538 #38BD52 #3860BD #BD38A2

split-complementary

#BD9538 #38A2BD #5238BD

monochromatic

#5F4B1C #8E702A #BD9538 #D0AF62 #DEC791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BD9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BD9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9538

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9538	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)

#A7952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b374',
    500: '#bd9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9538;
$custom-light: #d5b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.955,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69024,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.32599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9538

secondary

#879BC9

accent

#77DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9538

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

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