#BD9B39#BD9B39

#BD9B39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.121 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B39
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 2.13, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 53.99, 87.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% 0.0012 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.121 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4480, 34.5590, 8.7789)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B39 #395BBD

analogous

#BD5939 #BD9B39 #9DBD39

triadic

#BD9B39 #39BD9B #9B39BD

tetradic

#BD9B39 #39BD59 #395BBD #BD399D

square

#BD9B39 #39BD59 #395BBD #BD399D

split-complementary

#BD9B39 #399DBD #5939BD

monochromatic

#5F4E1D #8E742B #BD9B39 #D0B463 #DECB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BD9B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BD9B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B39

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B39	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#AC992C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.121 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b875',
    500: '#bd9b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b39;
$custom-light: #d5b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.545,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7026,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B39

secondary

#8999C9

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B39

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

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