#BD9A34#BD9A34

#BD9A34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.124 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A34
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 72.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, 2.41, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 55.78, 87.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.0014 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.124 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1636, 34.1800, 8.0988)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A34 #3457BD

analogous

#BD5634 #BD9A34 #9BBD34

triadic

#BD9A34 #34BD9A #9A34BD

tetradic

#BD9A34 #34BD56 #3457BD #BD349B

square

#BD9A34 #34BD56 #3457BD #BD349B

split-complementary

#BD9A34 #349BBD #5634BD

monochromatic

#5D4C1A #8D7327 #BD9A34 #D2B45C #DFCA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD9A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BD9A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A34

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A34	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.124 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b772',
    500: '#bd9a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a34;
$custom-light: #d5b772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.672,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70013,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A34

secondary

#8395CA

accent

#6FE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A34

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

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