#BD9735#BD9735

#BD9735 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.122 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9735
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, 4.09, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 54.69, 85.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% 0.0063 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.122 87)
XYZ	xyz(32.6974, 33.2112, 8.0557)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9735 #355BBD

analogous

#BD5335 #BD9735 #9FBD35

triadic

#BD9735 #35BD97 #9735BD

tetradic

#BD9735 #35BD53 #355BBD #BD359F

square

#BD9735 #35BD53 #355BBD #BD359F

split-complementary

#BD9735 #359FBD #5335BD

monochromatic

#5D4B1A #8D7128 #BD9735 #D2B15D #DFC88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BD9735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BD9735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9735

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9735	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.122 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b572',
    500: '#bd9735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9735;
$custom-light: #d5b572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.235,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69406,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.33209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9735

secondary

#8498CA

accent

#73DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9735

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

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