#BD9451#BD9451

#BD9451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.098 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9451
RGB	rgb(189, 148, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 7.54, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 41.56, 79.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% 0.02 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.098 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0630, 32.5948, 12.3330)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9451 #517ABD

analogous

#BD5E51 #BD9451 #B0BD51

triadic

#BD9451 #51BD94 #9451BD

tetradic

#BD9451 #51BD5E #517ABD #BD51B0

square

#BD9451 #51BD5E #517ABD #BD51B0

split-complementary

#BD9451 #51B0BD #5E51BD

monochromatic

#6B5229 #977439 #BD9451 #CEAF7D #DFCBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BD9451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BD9451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9451

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9451	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4954B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 148, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.098 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b383',
    500: '#bd9451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9451;
$custom-light: #d4b383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.222,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69101,
    "c": 0.09837,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9451

secondary

#9EAFCC

accent

#84D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9451

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

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