#BD9049#BD9049

#BD9049 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.104 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9049
RGB	rgb(189, 144, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 9.13, 43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 44.55, 78.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% 0.0236 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.104 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1639, 31.2486, 10.6396)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9049 #4976BD

analogous

#BD5649 #BD9049 #B0BD49

triadic

#BD9049 #49BD90 #9049BD

tetradic

#BD9049 #49BD56 #4976BD #BD49B0

square

#BD9049 #49BD56 #4976BD #BD49B0

split-complementary

#BD9049 #49B0BD #5649BD

monochromatic

#664D25 #936F35 #BD9049 #CDAB76 #DEC7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BD9049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#BD9049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9049

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9049	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 144, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.104 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b07e',
    500: '#bd9049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9049;
$custom-light: #d4b07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.724,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68197,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9049

secondary

#97ABCA

accent

#85D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9049

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

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