#BD9935#BD9935

#BD9935 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.123 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9935
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 3.00, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 55.15, 86.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0032 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.123 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0220, 33.8604, 8.1639)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9935 #3559BD

analogous

#BD5535 #BD9935 #9DBD35

triadic

#BD9935 #35BD99 #9935BD

tetradic

#BD9935 #35BD55 #3559BD #BD359D

square

#BD9935 #35BD55 #3559BD #BD359D

split-complementary

#BD9935 #359DBD #5535BD

monochromatic

#5D4C1A #8D7228 #BD9935 #D2B35D #DFC98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD9935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BD9935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9935

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9935	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)

#AB9827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.123 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b672',
    500: '#bd9935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9935;
$custom-light: #d5b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69815,
    "c": 0.12259,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9935

secondary

#8497CA

accent

#70DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9935

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

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