#BD9936#BD9936

#BD9936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.122 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9936
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 3.05, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 54.74, 86.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0035 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.122 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0452, 33.8697, 8.2863)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9936 #365ABD

analogous

#BD5536 #BD9936 #9EBD36

triadic

#BD9936 #36BD99 #9936BD

tetradic

#BD9936 #36BD55 #365ABD #BD369E

square

#BD9936 #36BD55 #365ABD #BD369E

split-complementary

#BD9936 #369EBD #5536BD

monochromatic

#5E4C1B #8D7228 #BD9936 #D1B35F #DFC98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD9936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BD9936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9936

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9936	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)

#AB9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.122 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b673',
    500: '#bd9936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9936;
$custom-light: #d5b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69823,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9936

secondary

#8598C9

accent

#71DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9936

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

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