#BD9933#BD9933

#BD9933 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.124 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9933
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 2.90, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 55.94, 87.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% 0.0027 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.124 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9769, 33.8424, 7.9266)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9933 #3357BD

analogous

#BD5433 #BD9933 #9CBD33

triadic

#BD9933 #33BD99 #9933BD

tetradic

#BD9933 #33BD54 #3357BD #BD339C

square

#BD9933 #33BD54 #3357BD #BD339C

split-complementary

#BD9933 #339CBD #5433BD

monochromatic

#5D4B19 #8D7226 #BD9933 #D3B35B #E0C98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BD9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9933

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9933	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)

#AB9824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.124 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b671',
    500: '#bd9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9933;
$custom-light: #d5b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69799,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9933

secondary

#8295CA

accent

#6FE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9933

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

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