#BD9A36#BD9A36

#BD9A36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.122 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A36
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 2.51, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 54.98, 87.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0019 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.122 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2096, 34.1984, 8.3411)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A36 #3659BD

analogous

#BD5636 #BD9A36 #9DBD36

triadic

#BD9A36 #36BD9A #9A36BD

tetradic

#BD9A36 #36BD56 #3659BD #BD369D

square

#BD9A36 #36BD56 #3659BD #BD369D

split-complementary

#BD9A36 #369DBD #5636BD

monochromatic

#5E4C1B #8D7328 #BD9A36 #D1B45F #DFCA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD9A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BD9A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A36

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A36	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)

#AC9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.122 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b773',
    500: '#bd9a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a36;
$custom-light: #d5b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70029,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A36

secondary

#8597C9

accent

#70DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A36

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

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