#BD9838#BD9838

#BD9838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.120 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9838
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, 3.70, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 53.69, 86.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0.0056 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.12 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9302, 33.5629, 8.4845)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9838 #385DBD

analogous

#BD5538 #BD9838 #A0BD38

triadic

#BD9838 #38BD98 #9838BD

tetradic

#BD9838 #38BD55 #385DBD #BD38A0

square

#BD9838 #38BD55 #385DBD #BD38A0

split-complementary

#BD9838 #38A0BD #5538BD

monochromatic

#5F4C1C #8E722A #BD9838 #D0B262 #DEC991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BD9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BD9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9838

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9838	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)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.120 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b674',
    500: '#bd9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9838;
$custom-light: #d5b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.308,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69635,
    "c": 0.12007,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9838

secondary

#879AC9

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9838

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

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