#BD9751#BD9751

#BD9751 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.099 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9751
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, 5.90, 41.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 42.20, 81.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0152 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.099 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5397, 33.5481, 12.4918)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9751 #5177BD

analogous

#BD6151 #BD9751 #ADBD51

triadic

#BD9751 #51BD97 #9751BD

tetradic

#BD9751 #51BD61 #5177BD #BD51AD

square

#BD9751 #51BD61 #5177BD #BD51AD

split-complementary

#BD9751 #51ADBD #6151BD

monochromatic

#6B5429 #977639 #BD9751 #CEB27D #DFCCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BD9751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BD9751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9751

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9751	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7974B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.099 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b584',
    500: '#bd9751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9751;
$custom-light: #d4b584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.889,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69706,
    "c": 0.09948,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9751

secondary

#9EAECC

accent

#81D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9751

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

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