#BD9A32#BD9A32

#BD9A32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.125 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A32
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 50)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 2.31, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 56.56, 87.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.0009 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.125 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1195, 34.1624, 7.8666)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A32 #3255BD

analogous

#BD5532 #BD9A32 #9BBD32

triadic

#BD9A32 #32BD9A #9A32BD

tetradic

#BD9A32 #32BD55 #3255BD #BD329B

square

#BD9A32 #32BD55 #3255BD #BD329B

split-complementary

#BD9A32 #329BBD #5532BD

monochromatic

#5C4B18 #8D7325 #BD9A32 #D3B459 #E0CA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD9A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BD9A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A32

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A32	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.125 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b771',
    500: '#bd9a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a32;
$custom-light: #d5b771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.892,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69997,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A32

secondary

#8193CA

accent

#6DE146

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A32

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

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