#BD8D49#BD8D49

#BD8D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.103 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8D49
RGB	rgb(189, 141, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 10.78, 42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 44.06, 75.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.0285 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.103 74)
XYZ	xyz(31.7156, 30.3519, 10.4901)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8D49 #4979BD

analogous

#BD5349 #BD8D49 #B3BD49

triadic

#BD8D49 #49BD8D #8D49BD

tetradic

#BD8D49 #49BD53 #4979BD #BD49B3

square

#BD8D49 #49BD53 #4979BD #BD49B3

split-complementary

#BD8D49 #49B3BD #5349BD

monochromatic

#664B25 #936C35 #BD8D49 #CDA976 #DEC5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BD8D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#BD8D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8D49

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8D49	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 141, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.103 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae7e',
    500: '#bd8d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8d49;
$custom-light: #d4ae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.172,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67602,
    "c": 0.10342,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.3035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8D49

secondary

#97ACCA

accent

#88D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8D49

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

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