#BD9639#BD9639

#BD9639 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.118 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9639
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 57)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, 4.84, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 52.83, 84.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.009 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.118 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6330, 32.9291, 8.5073)
Luminance	0.3293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9639 #3960BD

analogous

#BD5439 #BD9639 #A2BD39

triadic

#BD9639 #39BD96 #9639BD

tetradic

#BD9639 #39BD54 #3960BD #BD39A2

square

#BD9639 #39BD54 #3960BD #BD39A2

split-complementary

#BD9639 #39A2BD #5439BD

monochromatic

#5F4B1D #8E712B #BD9639 #D0B063 #DEC892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BD9639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BD9639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9639

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9639	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8952D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.118 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b474',
    500: '#bd9639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9639;
$custom-light: #d5b474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69236,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9639

secondary

#899CC9

accent

#76DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9639

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

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