#BD9043#BD9043

#BD9043 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.109 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9043
RGB	rgb(189, 144, 67)
HSL	hsl(38, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 8.72, 46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 47.27, 79.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% 0.0216 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.109 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9745, 31.1728, 9.6420)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9043 #4370BD

analogous

#BD5343 #BD9043 #ADBD43

triadic

#BD9043 #43BD90 #9043BD

tetradic

#BD9043 #43BD53 #4370BD #BD43AD

square

#BD9043 #43BD53 #4370BD #BD43AD

split-complementary

#BD9043 #43ADBD #5343BD

monochromatic

#634B23 #906E33 #BD9043 #CDAB70 #DDC59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BD9043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#BD9043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9043

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9043	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	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)

#A2913B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 144, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.109 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b07a',
    500: '#bd9043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9043;
$custom-light: #d4b07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.869,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68127,
    "c": 0.10882,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9043

secondary

#93A7C9

accent

#82D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9043

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

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