#BD9149#BD9149

#BD9149 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.104 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9149
RGB	rgb(189, 145, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, 8.58, 43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 44.72, 78.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.022 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.104 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3160, 31.5528, 10.6903)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9149 #4975BD

analogous

#BD5749 #BD9149 #AFBD49

triadic

#BD9149 #49BD91 #9149BD

tetradic

#BD9149 #49BD57 #4975BD #BD49AF

square

#BD9149 #49BD57 #4975BD #BD49AF

split-complementary

#BD9149 #49AFBD #5749BD

monochromatic

#664E25 #937035 #BD9149 #CDAC76 #DEC7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BD9149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#BD9149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9149

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9149	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 145, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.104 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b17e',
    500: '#bd9149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9149;
$custom-light: #d4b17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.241,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68397,
    "c": 0.1043,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9149

secondary

#97ABCA

accent

#84D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9149

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

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