#BD9635#BD9635

#BD9635 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.121 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9635
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, 4.63, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 54.48, 85.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% 0.0079 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.121 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5371, 32.8907, 8.0023)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9635 #355CBD

analogous

#BD5235 #BD9635 #A0BD35

triadic

#BD9635 #35BD96 #9635BD

tetradic

#BD9635 #35BD52 #355CBD #BD35A0

square

#BD9635 #35BD52 #355CBD #BD35A0

split-complementary

#BD9635 #35A0BD #5235BD

monochromatic

#5D4A1A #8D7028 #BD9635 #D2B05D #DFC88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BD9635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BD9635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9635

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9635	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.121 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b472',
    500: '#bd9635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9635;
$custom-light: #d5b472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.794,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69202,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9635

secondary

#8498CA

accent

#74DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9635

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

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