#BD9243#BD9243

#BD9243 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.109 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9243
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 67)
HSL	hsl(39, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 7.62, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 47.65, 80.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0184 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.109 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2801, 31.7840, 9.7438)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9243 #436EBD

analogous

#BD5543 #BD9243 #ABBD43

triadic

#BD9243 #43BD92 #9243BD

tetradic

#BD9243 #43BD55 #436EBD #BD43AB

square

#BD9243 #43BD55 #436EBD #BD43AB

split-complementary

#BD9243 #43ABBD #5543BD

monochromatic

#634C23 #906F33 #BD9243 #CDAC70 #DDC79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BD9243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BD9243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9243

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9243	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3933B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.109 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b17a',
    500: '#bd9243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9243;
$custom-light: #d4b17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.852,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68527,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9243

secondary

#93A6C9

accent

#80D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9243

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

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