#BD9240#BD9240

#BD9240 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.112 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9240
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, 7.43, 48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 48.98, 81.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.0174 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.112 81)
XYZ	xyz(32.1924, 31.7490, 9.2821)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9240 #406BBD

analogous

#BD5440 #BD9240 #AABD40

triadic

#BD9240 #40BD92 #9240BD

tetradic

#BD9240 #40BD54 #406BBD #BD40AA

square

#BD9240 #40BD54 #406BBD #BD40AA

split-complementary

#BD9240 #40AABD #5440BD

monochromatic

#624B21 #8F6F31 #BD9240 #CDAC6D #DDC69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BD9240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#BD9240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9240

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9240	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.112 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b178',
    500: '#bd9240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9240;
$custom-light: #d5b178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.36,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68495,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.31747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9240

secondary

#90A3C9

accent

#7ED94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9240

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

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