#BD9937#BD9937

#BD9937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.121 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9937
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, 3.10, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 54.34, 86.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0037 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.121 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0690, 33.8792, 8.4113)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9937 #375BBD

analogous

#BD5637 #BD9937 #9EBD37

triadic

#BD9937 #37BD99 #9937BD

tetradic

#BD9937 #37BD56 #375BBD #BD379E

square

#BD9937 #37BD56 #375BBD #BD379E

split-complementary

#BD9937 #379EBD #5637BD

monochromatic

#5E4C1B #8E7329 #BD9937 #D1B360 #DFC990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BD9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9937

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9937	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.121 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b673',
    500: '#bd9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9937;
$custom-light: #d5b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.881,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69832,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9937

secondary

#8698C9

accent

#71DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9937

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

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