#BD9740#BD9740

#BD9740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.114 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9740
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, 4.70, 49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 50.04, 84.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0095 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.114 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9801, 33.3243, 9.5446)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9740 #4066BD

analogous

#BD5940 #BD9740 #A5BD40

triadic

#BD9740 #40BD97 #9740BD

tetradic

#BD9740 #40BD59 #4066BD #BD40A5

square

#BD9740 #40BD59 #4066BD #BD40A5

split-complementary

#BD9740 #40A5BD #5940BD

monochromatic

#624E21 #8F7231 #BD9740 #CDB06D #DDC99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BD9740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BD9740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9740

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9740	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)

#A89636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.114 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b579',
    500: '#bd9740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9740;
$custom-light: #d4b579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.76,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69507,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9740

secondary

#90A1C9

accent

#79D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9740

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

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