#BD9642#BD9642

#BD9642 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.112 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9642
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 5.37, 48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 48.92, 83.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.0117 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.112 84)
XYZ	xyz(32.8778, 33.0270, 9.7964)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9642 #4269BD

analogous

#BD5942 #BD9642 #A6BD42

triadic

#BD9642 #42BD96 #9642BD

tetradic

#BD9642 #42BD59 #4269BD #BD42A6

square

#BD9642 #42BD59 #4269BD #BD42A6

split-complementary

#BD9642 #42A6BD #5942BD

monochromatic

#624E22 #907232 #BD9642 #CDAF6F #DDC89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BD9642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BD9642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9642

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9642	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.112 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b47a',
    500: '#bd9642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9642;
$custom-light: #d4b47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.976,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69324,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.33025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9642

secondary

#92A3C9

accent

#7BD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9642

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

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