#BD9741#BD9741

#BD9741 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.113 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9741
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 4.76, 49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 49.59, 84.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.0098 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.113 85)
XYZ	xyz(33.0088, 33.3358, 9.6959)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9741 #4167BD

analogous

#BD5941 #BD9741 #A5BD41

triadic

#BD9741 #41BD97 #9741BD

tetradic

#BD9741 #41BD59 #4167BD #BD41A5

square

#BD9741 #41BD59 #4167BD #BD41A5

split-complementary

#BD9741 #41A5BD #5941BD

monochromatic

#624E22 #8F7331 #BD9741 #CDB06E #DDC99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BD9741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BD9741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9741

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9741	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.113 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b579',
    500: '#bd9741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9741;
$custom-light: #d4b579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.613,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69517,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.33334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9741

secondary

#91A2C9

accent

#79D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9741

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

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