#BD9342#BD9342

#BD9342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.111 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9342
RGB	rgb(189, 147, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, 7.01, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 48.29, 81.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% 0.0165 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.111 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4052, 32.0818, 9.6388)
Luminance	0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9342 #426CBD

analogous

#BD5542 #BD9342 #AABD42

triadic

#BD9342 #42BD93 #9342BD

tetradic

#BD9342 #42BD55 #426CBD #BD42AA

square

#BD9342 #42BD55 #426CBD #BD42AA

split-complementary

#BD9342 #42AABD #5542BD

monochromatic

#624C22 #907032 #BD9342 #CDAD6F #DDC79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BD9342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#BD9342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9342

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9342	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 147, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.111 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b27a',
    500: '#bd9342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9342;
$custom-light: #d4b27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68717,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9342

secondary

#92A5C9

accent

#7ED850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9342

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

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