#BD9836#BD9836

#BD9836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.121 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9836
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, 3.59, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 54.51, 86.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% 0.005 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.121 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8822, 33.5437, 8.2320)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9836 #365BBD

analogous

#BD5536 #BD9836 #9EBD36

triadic

#BD9836 #36BD98 #9836BD

tetradic

#BD9836 #36BD55 #365BBD #BD369E

square

#BD9836 #36BD55 #365BBD #BD369E

split-complementary

#BD9836 #369EBD #5536BD

monochromatic

#5E4B1B #8D7228 #BD9836 #D1B25F #DFC98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BD9836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BD9836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9836

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9836	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	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)

#AA9729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.121 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b673',
    500: '#bd9836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9836;
$custom-light: #d5b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69618,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9836

secondary

#8598C9

accent

#72DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9836

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

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