#BD9442#BD9442

#BD9442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.111 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9442
RGB	rgb(189, 148, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, 6.46, 48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 48.49, 82.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.0149 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.111 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5614, 32.3941, 9.6909)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9442 #426BBD

analogous

#BD5742 #BD9442 #A8BD42

triadic

#BD9442 #42BD94 #9442BD

tetradic

#BD9442 #42BD57 #426BBD #BD42A8

square

#BD9442 #42BD57 #426BBD #BD42A8

split-complementary

#BD9442 #42A8BD #5742BD

monochromatic

#624D22 #907032 #BD9442 #CDAE6F #DDC79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BD9442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#BD9442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9442

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9442	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 148, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.111 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b37a',
    500: '#bd9442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9442;
$custom-light: #d4b37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68919,
    "c": 0.11092,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9442

secondary

#92A4C9

accent

#7DD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9442

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

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