#BD9636#BD9636

#BD9636 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.120 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9636
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 4.68, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 54.07, 85.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% 0.0082 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.12 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5604, 32.9000, 8.1247)
Luminance	0.3290 (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

#BD9636 #365DBD

analogous

#BD5336 #BD9636 #A0BD36

triadic

#BD9636 #36BD96 #9636BD

tetradic

#BD9636 #36BD53 #365DBD #BD36A0

square

#BD9636 #36BD53 #365DBD #BD36A0

split-complementary

#BD9636 #36A0BD #5336BD

monochromatic

#5E4A1B #8D7028 #BD9636 #D1B05F #DFC88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BD9636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BD9636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9636

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9636	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)

#A89529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.120 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b473',
    500: '#bd9636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9636;
$custom-light: #d5b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6921,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9636

secondary

#8599C9

accent

#74DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9636

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

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