#BD9549#BD9549

#BD9549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.106 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9549
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, 6.39, 45.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 45.52, 81.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% 0.0156 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.106 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9380, 32.7969, 10.8976)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9549 #4971BD

analogous

#BD5B49 #BD9549 #ABBD49

triadic

#BD9549 #49BD95 #9549BD

tetradic

#BD9549 #49BD5B #4971BD #BD49AB

square

#BD9549 #49BD5B #4971BD #BD49AB

split-complementary

#BD9549 #49ABBD #5B49BD

monochromatic

#665025 #937335 #BD9549 #CDAF76 #DEC9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BD9549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#BD9549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9549

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9549	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.106 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b37e',
    500: '#bd9549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9549;
$custom-light: #d4b37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.692,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9549

secondary

#97A9CA

accent

#7FD651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9549

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

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