#BD9736#BD9736

#BD9736 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.121 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9736
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, 4.14, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 54.29, 85.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% 0.0066 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.121 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7206, 33.2205, 8.1781)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9736 #365CBD

analogous

#BD5336 #BD9736 #A0BD36

triadic

#BD9736 #36BD97 #9736BD

tetradic

#BD9736 #36BD53 #365CBD #BD36A0

square

#BD9736 #36BD53 #365CBD #BD36A0

split-complementary

#BD9736 #36A0BD #5336BD

monochromatic

#5E4B1B #8D7128 #BD9736 #D1B15F #DFC88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BD9736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BD9736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9736

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9736	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)

#A99629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.121 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b573',
    500: '#bd9736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9736;
$custom-light: #d5b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69414,
    "c": 0.12095,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9736

secondary

#8599C9

accent

#73DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9736

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

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