#BD9837#BD9837

#BD9837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.121 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9837
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, 3.65, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 54.10, 86.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0053 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.121 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9060, 33.5532, 8.3569)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9837 #375CBD

analogous

#BD5537 #BD9837 #9FBD37

triadic

#BD9837 #37BD98 #9837BD

tetradic

#BD9837 #37BD55 #375CBD #BD379F

square

#BD9837 #37BD55 #375CBD #BD379F

split-complementary

#BD9837 #379FBD #5537BD

monochromatic

#5E4C1B #8E7229 #BD9837 #D1B260 #DFC990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BD9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BD9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9837

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9837	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)

#AA972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.121 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b673',
    500: '#bd9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9837;
$custom-light: #d5b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.433,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69627,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9837

secondary

#8699C9

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9837

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

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