#BD9934#BD9934

#BD9934 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.123 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9934
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 52)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 2.95, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 55.55, 86.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% 0.0029 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.123 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9992, 33.8513, 8.0440)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9934 #3458BD

analogous

#BD5534 #BD9934 #9CBD34

triadic

#BD9934 #34BD99 #9934BD

tetradic

#BD9934 #34BD55 #3458BD #BD349C

square

#BD9934 #34BD55 #3458BD #BD349C

split-complementary

#BD9934 #349CBD #5534BD

monochromatic

#5D4B1A #8D7227 #BD9934 #D2B35C #DFC98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD9934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BD9934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9934

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9934	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)

#AB9825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.123 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b672',
    500: '#bd9934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9934;
$custom-light: #d5b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.234,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69807,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9934

secondary

#8396CA

accent

#70E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9934

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

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