#BD9839#BD9839

#BD9839 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.119 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9839
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, 3.75, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 53.28, 85.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0.0059 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.119 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9549, 33.5728, 8.6145)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9839 #395EBD

analogous

#BD5639 #BD9839 #A0BD39

triadic

#BD9839 #39BD98 #9839BD

tetradic

#BD9839 #39BD56 #395EBD #BD39A0

square

#BD9839 #39BD56 #395EBD #BD39A0

split-complementary

#BD9839 #39A0BD #5639BD

monochromatic

#5F4C1D #8E722B #BD9839 #D0B263 #DEC992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BD9839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BD9839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9839

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9839	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)

#AA972D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.119 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b674',
    500: '#bd9839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9839;
$custom-light: #d5b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.182,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69644,
    "c": 0.11936,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9839

secondary

#899BC9

accent

#74DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9839

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

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