#BD9835#BD9835

#BD9835 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.122 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9835
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, 3.54, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 54.92, 86.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% 0.0048 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.122 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8590, 33.5345, 8.1096)
Luminance	0.3353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9835 #355ABD

analogous

#BD5435 #BD9835 #9EBD35

triadic

#BD9835 #35BD98 #9835BD

tetradic

#BD9835 #35BD54 #355ABD #BD359E

square

#BD9835 #35BD54 #355ABD #BD359E

split-complementary

#BD9835 #359EBD #5435BD

monochromatic

#5D4B1A #8D7228 #BD9835 #D2B25D #DFC98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BD9835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BD9835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9835

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9835	1.00	2.73	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.122 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b672',
    500: '#bd9835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9835;
$custom-light: #d5b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.676,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6961,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9835

secondary

#8497CA

accent

#71DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9835

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

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