#BD9931#BD9931

#BD9931 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9931
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 2.81, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 56.72, 87.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% 0.0022 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.125 89)
XYZ	xyz(32.9338, 33.8251, 7.6994)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9931 #3155BD

analogous

#BD5331 #BD9931 #9BBD31

triadic

#BD9931 #31BD99 #9931BD

tetradic

#BD9931 #31BD53 #3155BD #BD319B

square

#BD9931 #31BD53 #3155BD #BD319B

split-complementary

#BD9931 #319BBD #5331BD

monochromatic

#5C4A18 #8C7224 #BD9931 #D4B458 #E0CA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD9931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BD9931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9931

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9931	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b670',
    500: '#bd9931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9931;
$custom-light: #d5b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69784,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.33823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9931

secondary

#8093CA

accent

#6EE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9931

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

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