#BD9938#BD9938

#BD9938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.121 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9938
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, 3.16, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 53.92, 86.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% 0.004 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.121 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0932, 33.8889, 8.5388)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9938 #385CBD

analogous

#BD5638 #BD9938 #9FBD38

triadic

#BD9938 #38BD99 #9938BD

tetradic

#BD9938 #38BD56 #385CBD #BD389F

square

#BD9938 #38BD56 #385CBD #BD389F

split-complementary

#BD9938 #389FBD #5638BD

monochromatic

#5F4D1C #8E732A #BD9938 #D0B262 #DEC991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BD9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9938

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9938	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)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.121 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b674',
    500: '#bd9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9938;
$custom-light: #d5b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.759,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6984,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9938

secondary

#8799C9

accent

#72DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9938

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

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