#BD9142#BD9142

#BD9142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.110 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9142
RGB	rgb(189, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, 8.11, 47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 47.90, 80.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% 0.0197 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.11 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0969, 31.4652, 9.5361)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9142 #426EBD

analogous

#BD5442 #BD9142 #ABBD42

triadic

#BD9142 #42BD91 #9142BD

tetradic

#BD9142 #42BD54 #426EBD #BD42AB

square

#BD9142 #42BD54 #426EBD #BD42AB

split-complementary

#BD9142 #42ABBD #5442BD

monochromatic

#624B22 #906E32 #BD9142 #CDAB6F #DDC69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BD9142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#BD9142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9142

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9142	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)

#A3923A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.110 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b179',
    500: '#bd9142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9142;
$custom-light: #d4b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.537,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68316,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9142

secondary

#92A6C9

accent

#81D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9142

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

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