#BD9841#BD9841

#BD9841 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.113 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9841
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 4.22, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 49.83, 85.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0082 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.113 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1704, 33.6590, 9.7497)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9841 #4166BD

analogous

#BD5A41 #BD9841 #A4BD41

triadic

#BD9841 #41BD98 #9841BD

tetradic

#BD9841 #41BD5A #4166BD #BD41A4

square

#BD9841 #41BD5A #4166BD #BD41A4

split-complementary

#BD9841 #41A4BD #5A41BD

monochromatic

#624F22 #8F7331 #BD9841 #CDB16E #DDC99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BD9841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BD9841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9841

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9841	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)

#A99737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.113 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b679',
    500: '#bd9841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9841;
$custom-light: #d4b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.097,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69721,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9841

secondary

#91A2C9

accent

#78D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9841

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

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