#BD9B37#BD9B37

#BD9B37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.122 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B37
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 2.02, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 54.81, 87.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0006 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.122 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3990, 34.5394, 8.5213)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B37 #3759BD

analogous

#BD5837 #BD9B37 #9CBD37

triadic

#BD9B37 #37BD9B #9B37BD

tetradic

#BD9B37 #37BD58 #3759BD #BD379C

square

#BD9B37 #37BD58 #3759BD #BD379C

split-complementary

#BD9B37 #379CBD #5837BD

monochromatic

#5E4D1B #8E7429 #BD9B37 #D1B460 #DFCB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BD9B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B37

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B37	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)

#AC9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.122 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b874',
    500: '#bd9b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b37;
$custom-light: #d5b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.776,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70243,
    "c": 0.12232,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B37

secondary

#8697C9

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B37

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

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