#BD9039#BD9039

#BD9039 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.116 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9039
RGB	rgb(189, 144, 57)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, 8.12, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 51.65, 80.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% 0.0185 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.116 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7000, 31.0630, 8.1963)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9039 #3966BD

analogous

#BD4E39 #BD9039 #A8BD39

triadic

#BD9039 #39BD90 #9039BD

tetradic

#BD9039 #39BD4E #3966BD #BD39A8

square

#BD9039 #39BD4E #3966BD #BD39A8

split-complementary

#BD9039 #39A8BD #4E39BD

monochromatic

#5F481D #8E6C2B #BD9039 #D0AB63 #DEC492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BD9039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#BD9039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9039

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9039	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2912E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 144, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.116 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b074',
    500: '#bd9039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9039;
$custom-light: #d5b074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.545,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68025,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9039

secondary

#899FC9

accent

#7DDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9039

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

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