#BD9739#BD9739

#BD9739 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.119 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9739
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 4.30, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 53.05, 85.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% 0.0074 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.119 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7933, 33.2496, 8.5607)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9739 #395FBD

analogous

#BD5539 #BD9739 #A1BD39

triadic

#BD9739 #39BD97 #9739BD

tetradic

#BD9739 #39BD55 #395FBD #BD39A1

square

#BD9739 #39BD55 #395FBD #BD39A1

split-complementary

#BD9739 #39A1BD #5539BD

monochromatic

#5F4C1D #8E712B #BD9739 #D0B163 #DEC892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BD9739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BD9739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9739

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9739	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)

#A9962D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.119 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b574',
    500: '#bd9739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9739;
$custom-light: #d5b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.727,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6944,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9739

secondary

#899BC9

accent

#75DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9739

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

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