#BD9A35#BD9A35

#BD9A35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.123 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A35
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, 2.46, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 55.38, 87.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% 0.0016 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.123 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1863, 34.1891, 8.2187)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A35 #3558BD

analogous

#BD5635 #BD9A35 #9CBD35

triadic

#BD9A35 #35BD9A #9A35BD

tetradic

#BD9A35 #35BD56 #3558BD #BD359C

square

#BD9A35 #35BD56 #3558BD #BD359C

split-complementary

#BD9A35 #359CBD #5635BD

monochromatic

#5D4C1A #8D7328 #BD9A35 #D2B45D #DFCA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD9A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BD9A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A35

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A35	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)

#AC9827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.123 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b772',
    500: '#bd9a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a35;
$custom-light: #d5b772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.559,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70021,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A35

secondary

#8496CA

accent

#6FDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A35

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

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