#BD9643#BD9643

#BD9643 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.111 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9643
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 67)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, 5.44, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 48.47, 83.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% 0.012 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.111 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9075, 33.0389, 9.9530)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9643 #436ABD

analogous

#BD5943 #BD9643 #A7BD43

triadic

#BD9643 #43BD96 #9643BD

tetradic

#BD9643 #43BD59 #436ABD #BD43A7

square

#BD9643 #43BD59 #436ABD #BD43A7

split-complementary

#BD9643 #43A7BD #5943BD

monochromatic

#634E23 #907233 #BD9643 #CDAF70 #DDC99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BD9643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BD9643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9643

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9643	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)

#A7963A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.111 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b47a',
    500: '#bd9643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9643;
$custom-light: #d4b47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.82,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69335,
    "c": 0.11095,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9643

secondary

#93A4C9

accent

#7BD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9643

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

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