Le pongo opacidad a la clase .bg-dark y lo que hace es ponerlo todo en opacidad:
[como se aprecia en la imagen tambien me pone en opacidad el texto y el buscador y yo quiero que eso no se ponga, solo el fondo del navbar.]

(el codigo css es el de bootstrap.css)
codigo html:
Código :
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Document</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/bootstrap.css">
<style>
.navbarnav
{
border-bottom:5px solid #FF8C00;
}
body {
background-image: url("https://i.imgur.com/WVcAdaK.jpg");
background-color: #cccccc;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark bg-dark navbarnav ">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Steamlab</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
<ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
<li class="nav-item active">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Home <span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
</li>
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
</li>
</ul>
<form class="form-inline my-2 my-lg-0">
<input class="form-control mr-sm-2" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
<button class="btn btn-outline-warning my-2 my-sm-0" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
</div>
</nav>
<!-- Collapsible content -->
</nav>
<!--/.Navbar-->
</body>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-q8i/X+965DzO0rT7abK41JStQIAqVgRVzpbzo5smXKp4YfRvH+8abtTE1Pi6jizo" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.14.7/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-UO2eT0CpHqdSJQ6hJty5KVphtPhzWj9WO1clHTMGa3JDZwrnQq4sF86dIHNDz0W1" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-JjSmVgyd0p3pXB1rRibZUAYoIIy6OrQ6VrjIEaFf/nJGzIxFDsf4x0xIM+B07jRM" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
</html> 