#BD9449#BD9449

#BD9449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.105 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9449
RGB	rgb(189, 148, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 6.94, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 45.31, 81.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69% 0.0172 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.105 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7805, 32.4818, 10.8451)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9449 #4972BD

analogous

#BD5A49 #BD9449 #ACBD49

triadic

#BD9449 #49BD94 #9449BD

tetradic

#BD9449 #49BD5A #4972BD #BD49AC

square

#BD9449 #49BD5A #4972BD #BD49AC

split-complementary

#BD9449 #49ACBD #5A49BD

monochromatic

#664F25 #937235 #BD9449 #CDAE76 #DEC9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BD9449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BD9449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9449

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9449	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 148, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.105 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b37e',
    500: '#bd9449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9449;
$custom-light: #d4b37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.793,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68999,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9449

secondary

#97A9CA

accent

#80D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9449

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

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