#BD9831#BD9831

#BD9831 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.125 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9831
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 49)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 3.35, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 56.49, 86.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0037 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.125 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7708, 33.4992, 7.6451)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9831 #3156BD

analogous

#BD5231 #BD9831 #9CBD31

triadic

#BD9831 #31BD98 #9831BD

tetradic

#BD9831 #31BD52 #3156BD #BD319C

square

#BD9831 #31BD52 #3156BD #BD319C

split-complementary

#BD9831 #319CBD #5231BD

monochromatic

#5C4A18 #8C7124 #BD9831 #D4B358 #E0C988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BD9831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BD9831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9831

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9831	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.125 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b670',
    500: '#bd9831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9831;
$custom-light: #d5b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69579,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9831

secondary

#8093CA

accent

#6FE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9831

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

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