#BD9540#BD9540

#BD9540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.113 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9540
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, 5.79, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 49.59, 83.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% 0.0127 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.113 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6610, 32.6860, 9.4383)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9540 #4068BD

analogous

#BD5740 #BD9540 #A7BD40

triadic

#BD9540 #40BD95 #9540BD

tetradic

#BD9540 #40BD57 #4068BD #BD40A7

square

#BD9540 #40BD57 #4068BD #BD40A7

split-complementary

#BD9540 #40A7BD #5740BD

monochromatic

#624D21 #8F7131 #BD9540 #CDAF6D #DDC89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BD9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#BD9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9540

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9540	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.113 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b378',
    500: '#bd9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9540;
$custom-light: #d4b378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.8,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.691,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9540

secondary

#90A2C9

accent

#7BD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9540

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

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