#BD9742#BD9742

#BD9742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.112 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9742
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.44, 4.83, 48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.44, 49.15, 84.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% 0.0101 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.112 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0380, 33.3475, 9.8498)
Luminance	0.3335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9742 #4268BD

analogous

#BD5942 #BD9742 #A6BD42

triadic

#BD9742 #42BD97 #9742BD

tetradic

#BD9742 #42BD59 #4268BD #BD42A6

square

#BD9742 #42BD59 #4268BD #BD42A6

split-complementary

#BD9742 #42A6BD #5942BD

monochromatic

#624F22 #907332 #BD9742 #CDB06F #DDC99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BD9742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BD9742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9742

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9742	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)

#A89639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.112 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b57a',
    500: '#bd9742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9742;
$custom-light: #d4b57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.463,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69527,
    "c": 0.11219,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9742

secondary

#92A3C9

accent

#7AD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9742

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

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