#BD9249#BD9249

#BD9249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.105 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9249
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, 8.03, 44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 44.91, 79.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0204 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.105 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4695, 31.8598, 10.7414)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9249 #4974BD

analogous

#BD5849 #BD9249 #AEBD49

triadic

#BD9249 #49BD92 #9249BD

tetradic

#BD9249 #49BD58 #4974BD #BD49AE

square

#BD9249 #49BD58 #4974BD #BD49AE

split-complementary

#BD9249 #49AEBD #5849BD

monochromatic

#664E25 #937135 #BD9249 #CDAD76 #DEC8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BD9249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#BD9249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9249

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9249	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.105 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b17e',
    500: '#bd9249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9249;
$custom-light: #d4b17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.759,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68597,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9249

secondary

#97AACA

accent

#83D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9249

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

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