#BD9A39#BD9A39

#BD9A39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.120 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A39
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 2.67, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 53.75, 87.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% 0.0027 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.12 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2822, 34.2275, 8.7237)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A39 #395CBD

analogous

#BD5839 #BD9A39 #9EBD39

triadic

#BD9A39 #39BD9A #9A39BD

tetradic

#BD9A39 #39BD58 #395CBD #BD399E

square

#BD9A39 #39BD58 #395CBD #BD399E

split-complementary

#BD9A39 #399EBD #5839BD

monochromatic

#5F4D1D #8E742B #BD9A39 #D0B363 #DECA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD9A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BD9A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A39

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A39	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB992C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.120 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b775',
    500: '#bd9a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a39;
$custom-light: #d5b775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.091,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70054,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A39

secondary

#899AC9

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A39

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

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