#BD9649#BD9649

#BD9649 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.106 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9649
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, 5.84, 45.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 45.73, 82.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.014 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.106 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0969, 33.1146, 10.9506)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9649 #4970BD

analogous

#BD5C49 #BD9649 #AABD49

triadic

#BD9649 #49BD96 #9649BD

tetradic

#BD9649 #49BD5C #4970BD #BD49AA

square

#BD9649 #49BD5C #4970BD #BD49AA

split-complementary

#BD9649 #49AABD #5C49BD

monochromatic

#665025 #937435 #BD9649 #CDB076 #DECAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BD9649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#BD9649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9649

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9649	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.106 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b47e',
    500: '#bd9649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9649;
$custom-light: #d4b47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.828,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69402,
    "c": 0.10604,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9649

secondary

#97A9CA

accent

#7ED651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9649

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

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