#BD9B38#BD9B38

#BD9B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.122 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B38
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 2.07, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 54.40, 87.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0009 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.122 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4233, 34.5491, 8.6488)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B38 #385ABD

analogous

#BD5938 #BD9B38 #9CBD38

triadic

#BD9B38 #38BD9B #9B38BD

tetradic

#BD9B38 #38BD59 #385ABD #BD389C

square

#BD9B38 #38BD59 #385ABD #BD389C

split-complementary

#BD9B38 #389CBD #5938BD

monochromatic

#5F4E1C #8E742A #BD9B38 #D0B462 #DECB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BD9B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B38

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B38	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)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.122 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b874',
    500: '#bd9b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b38;
$custom-light: #d5b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.662,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70251,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B38

secondary

#8798C9

accent

#70DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B38

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

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