#BD9939#BD9939

#BD9939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.120 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9939
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 3.21, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 53.51, 86.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% 0.0043 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.12 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1179, 33.8988, 8.6689)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9939 #395DBD

analogous

#BD5739 #BD9939 #9FBD39

triadic

#BD9939 #39BD99 #9939BD

tetradic

#BD9939 #39BD57 #395DBD #BD399F

square

#BD9939 #39BD57 #395DBD #BD399F

split-complementary

#BD9939 #399FBD #5739BD

monochromatic

#5F4D1D #8E732B #BD9939 #D0B263 #DEC992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD9939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BD9939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9939

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9939	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)

#AA982D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.120 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b675',
    500: '#bd9939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9939;
$custom-light: #d5b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69849,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9939

secondary

#899AC9

accent

#73DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9939

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

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