#BD9A37#BD9A37

#BD9A37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.122 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A37
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 2.56, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 54.57, 87.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0022 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.122 89)
XYZ	xyz(33.2333, 34.2079, 8.4661)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A37 #375ABD

analogous

#BD5737 #BD9A37 #9DBD37

triadic

#BD9A37 #37BD9A #9A37BD

tetradic

#BD9A37 #37BD57 #375ABD #BD379D

square

#BD9A37 #37BD57 #375ABD #BD379D

split-complementary

#BD9A37 #379DBD #5737BD

monochromatic

#5E4D1B #8E7329 #BD9A37 #D1B360 #DFCA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD9A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BD9A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A37

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A37	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)

#AB982A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.122 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b774',
    500: '#bd9a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a37;
$custom-light: #d5b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.328,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70037,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.34206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A37

secondary

#8698C9

accent

#70DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A37

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

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