#BD9140#BD9140

#BD9140 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.111 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9140
RGB	rgb(189, 145, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, 7.98, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 48.80, 80.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.019 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.111 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0390, 31.4420, 9.2309)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9140 #406CBD

analogous

#BD5340 #BD9140 #ABBD40

triadic

#BD9140 #40BD91 #9140BD

tetradic

#BD9140 #40BD53 #406CBD #BD40AB

square

#BD9140 #40BD53 #406CBD #BD40AB

split-complementary

#BD9140 #40ABBD #5340BD

monochromatic

#624B21 #8F6E31 #BD9140 #CDAB6D #DDC69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BD9140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#BD9140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9140

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9140	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 145, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.111 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b178',
    500: '#bd9140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9140;
$custom-light: #d5b178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.88,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68294,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9140

secondary

#90A4C9

accent

#7FD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9140

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

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