#BD9542#BD9542

#BD9542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.111 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9542
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 5.92, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 48.71, 83.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% 0.0133 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.111 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7189, 32.7092, 9.7434)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9542 #426ABD

analogous

#BD5842 #BD9542 #A7BD42

triadic

#BD9542 #42BD95 #9542BD

tetradic

#BD9542 #42BD58 #426ABD #BD42A7

square

#BD9542 #42BD58 #426ABD #BD42A7

split-complementary

#BD9542 #42A7BD #5842BD

monochromatic

#624D22 #907132 #BD9542 #CDAE6F #DDC89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BD9542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#BD9542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9542

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9542	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	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)

#A69539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.111 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b37a',
    500: '#bd9542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9542;
$custom-light: #d4b37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.488,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69121,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9542

secondary

#92A4C9

accent

#7CD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9542

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

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