#BD9932#BD9932

#BD9932 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9932
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 50)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, 2.86, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 56.33, 87.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0024 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.125 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9551, 33.8337, 7.8118)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9932 #3256BD

analogous

#BD5332 #BD9932 #9CBD32

triadic

#BD9932 #32BD99 #9932BD

tetradic

#BD9932 #32BD53 #3256BD #BD329C

square

#BD9932 #32BD53 #3256BD #BD329C

split-complementary

#BD9932 #329CBD #5332BD

monochromatic

#5C4B18 #8D7225 #BD9932 #D3B459 #E0CA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD9932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BD9932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9932

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9932	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b671',
    500: '#bd9932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9932;
$custom-light: #d5b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.46,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69792,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9932

secondary

#8194CA

accent

#6FE146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9932

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

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