#BD9B36#BD9B36

#BD9B36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.123 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B36
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 1.97, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 55.22, 87.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0004 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.123 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3753, 34.5299, 8.3963)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B36 #3658BD

analogous

#BD5736 #BD9B36 #9BBD36

triadic

#BD9B36 #36BD9B #9B36BD

tetradic

#BD9B36 #36BD57 #3658BD #BD369B

square

#BD9B36 #36BD57 #3658BD #BD369B

split-complementary

#BD9B36 #369BBD #5736BD

monochromatic

#5E4D1B #8D7428 #BD9B36 #D1B45F #DFCB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BD9B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B36

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B36	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.123 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b873',
    500: '#bd9b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b36;
$custom-light: #d5b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70235,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B36

secondary

#8596C9

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B36

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

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