#BD973D#BD973D

#BD973D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.116 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD973D
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 4.52, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 51.35, 84.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% 0.0086 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.116 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8970, 33.2911, 9.1071)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD973D #3D63BD

analogous

#BD573D #BD973D #A3BD3D

triadic

#BD973D #3DBD97 #973DBD

tetradic

#BD973D #3DBD57 #3D63BD #BD3DA3

square

#BD973D #3DBD57 #3D63BD #BD3DA3

split-complementary

#BD973D #3DA3BD #573DBD

monochromatic

#604D1F #8F722E #BD973D #CEB069 #DDC997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BD973D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BD973D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD973D

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD973D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD973D	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd973d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.116 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b577',
    500: '#bd973d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd973d;
$custom-light: #d5b577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd973d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.188,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69477,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD973D

secondary

#8D9FC9

accent

#77DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD973D

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

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