#BD9737#BD9737

#BD9737 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.120 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9737
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, 4.19, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 53.88, 85.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0069 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.12 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7444, 33.2300, 8.3031)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9737 #375DBD

analogous

#BD5437 #BD9737 #A0BD37

triadic

#BD9737 #37BD97 #9737BD

tetradic

#BD9737 #37BD54 #375DBD #BD37A0

square

#BD9737 #37BD54 #375DBD #BD37A0

split-complementary

#BD9737 #37A0BD #5437BD

monochromatic

#5E4B1B #8E7129 #BD9737 #D1B160 #DFC890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BD9737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BD9737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9737

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9737	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.120 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b573',
    500: '#bd9737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9737;
$custom-light: #d5b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.985,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69422,
    "c": 0.12027,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9737

secondary

#8699C9

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9737

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

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