#BD9738#BD9738

#BD9738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.120 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9738
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, 4.24, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 53.47, 85.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.0072 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.12 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7686, 33.2397, 8.4306)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9738 #385EBD

analogous

#BD5438 #BD9738 #A0BD38

triadic

#BD9738 #38BD97 #9738BD

tetradic

#BD9738 #38BD54 #385EBD #BD38A0

square

#BD9738 #38BD54 #385EBD #BD38A0

split-complementary

#BD9738 #38A0BD #5438BD

monochromatic

#5F4C1C #8E712A #BD9738 #D0B162 #DEC891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BD9738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BD9738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9738

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9738	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)

#A9962C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.120 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b574',
    500: '#bd9738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9738;
$custom-light: #d5b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69431,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9738

secondary

#879AC9

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9738

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

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