#BD9348#BD9348

#BD9348 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.106 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9348
RGB	rgb(189, 147, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 7.41, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 45.57, 80.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0185 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.106 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5915, 32.1563, 10.6198)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9348 #4872BD

analogous

#BD5848 #BD9348 #ACBD48

triadic

#BD9348 #48BD93 #9348BD

tetradic

#BD9348 #48BD58 #4872BD #BD48AC

square

#BD9348 #48BD58 #4872BD #BD48AC

split-complementary

#BD9348 #48ACBD #5848BD

monochromatic

#664E25 #937135 #BD9348 #CDAE75 #DDC8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BD9348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BD9348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9348

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9348	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 147, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.106 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b27d',
    500: '#bd9348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9348;
$custom-light: #d4b27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.462,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68785,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9348

secondary

#97A9CA

accent

#81D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9348

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

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