#BD9541#BD9541

#BD9541 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.112 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9541
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 5.85, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 49.15, 83.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% 0.013 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.112 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6897, 32.6975, 9.5895)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9541 #4169BD

analogous

#BD5741 #BD9541 #A7BD41

triadic

#BD9541 #41BD95 #9541BD

tetradic

#BD9541 #41BD57 #4169BD #BD41A7

square

#BD9541 #41BD57 #4169BD #BD41A7

split-complementary

#BD9541 #41A7BD #5741BD

monochromatic

#624D22 #8F7131 #BD9541 #CDAE6E #DDC89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BD9541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#BD9541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9541

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9541	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)

#A69538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.112 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b379',
    500: '#bd9541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9541;
$custom-light: #d4b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.645,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69111,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9541

secondary

#91A3C9

accent

#7CD84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9541

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

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