#BD9040#BD9040

#BD9040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.111 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9040
RGB	rgb(189, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, 8.53, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 48.61, 79.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.0207 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.111 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8868, 31.1377, 9.1802)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9040 #406DBD

analogous

#BD5240 #BD9040 #ACBD40

triadic

#BD9040 #40BD90 #9040BD

tetradic

#BD9040 #40BD52 #406DBD #BD40AC

square

#BD9040 #40BD52 #406DBD #BD40AC

split-complementary

#BD9040 #40ACBD #5240BD

monochromatic

#624A21 #8F6D31 #BD9040 #CDAB6D #DDC59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BD9040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#BD9040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9040

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9040	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.111 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b078',
    500: '#bd9040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9040;
$custom-light: #d5b078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68094,
    "c": 0.11112,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9040

secondary

#90A4C9

accent

#81D94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9040

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

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