#BD9842#BD9842

#BD9842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.113 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9842
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 4.28, 49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 49.38, 85.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0085 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.113 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1997, 33.6707, 9.9036)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9842 #4267BD

analogous

#BD5A42 #BD9842 #A5BD42

triadic

#BD9842 #42BD98 #9842BD

tetradic

#BD9842 #42BD5A #4267BD #BD42A5

square

#BD9842 #42BD5A #4267BD #BD42A5

split-complementary

#BD9842 #42A5BD #5A42BD

monochromatic

#624F22 #907432 #BD9842 #CDB16F #DDC99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BD9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BD9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9842

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9842	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)

#A99739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.113 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b67a',
    500: '#bd9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9842;
$custom-light: #d4b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.951,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69731,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9842

secondary

#92A2C9

accent

#79D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9842

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

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