#BD9544#BD9544

#BD9544 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.110 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9544
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 68)
HSL	hsl(40, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, 6.05, 47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 47.81, 82.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% 0.0139 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.11 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7789, 32.7332, 10.0594)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9544 #446CBD

analogous

#BD5844 #BD9544 #A9BD44

triadic

#BD9544 #44BD95 #9544BD

tetradic

#BD9544 #44BD58 #446CBD #BD44A9

square

#BD9544 #44BD58 #446CBD #BD44A9

split-complementary

#BD9544 #44A9BD #5844BD

monochromatic

#634E23 #917233 #BD9544 #CDAF71 #DDC89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BD9544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#BD9544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9544

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9544	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6953B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.110 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b37b',
    500: '#bd9544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9544;
$custom-light: #d4b37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.165,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69143,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9544

secondary

#93A5C9

accent

#7DD750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9544

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

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