#BD9637#BD9637

#BD9637 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.120 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9637
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, 4.73, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 53.66, 84.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% 0.0084 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.12 86)
XYZ	xyz(32.5841, 32.9095, 8.2496)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9637 #375EBD

analogous

#BD5337 #BD9637 #A1BD37

triadic

#BD9637 #37BD96 #9637BD

tetradic

#BD9637 #37BD53 #375EBD #BD37A1

square

#BD9637 #37BD53 #375EBD #BD37A1

split-complementary

#BD9637 #37A1BD #5337BD

monochromatic

#5E4B1B #8E7029 #BD9637 #D1B060 #DFC890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BD9637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BD9637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9637

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9637	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)

#A8952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.120 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b473',
    500: '#bd9637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9637;
$custom-light: #d5b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.537,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69219,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.32907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9637

secondary

#869AC9

accent

#75DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9637

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

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