#BD9840#BD9840

#BD9840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.114 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9840
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 4.16, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 50.27, 85.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0079 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.114 86)
XYZ	xyz(33.1417, 33.6475, 9.5985)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9840 #4065BD

analogous

#BD5A40 #BD9840 #A4BD40

triadic

#BD9840 #40BD98 #9840BD

tetradic

#BD9840 #40BD5A #4065BD #BD40A4

square

#BD9840 #40BD5A #4065BD #BD40A4

split-complementary

#BD9840 #40A4BD #5A40BD

monochromatic

#624E21 #8F7331 #BD9840 #CDB16D #DDC99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BD9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BD9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9840

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9840	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.114 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b679',
    500: '#bd9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9840;
$custom-light: #d4b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.24,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6971,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.33645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9840

secondary

#90A1C9

accent

#78D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9840

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

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