#BD9843#BD9843

#BD9843 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.112 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9843
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, 4.35, 48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 48.93, 84.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% 0.0089 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.112 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2294, 33.6826, 10.0603)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9843 #4368BD

analogous

#BD5B43 #BD9843 #A5BD43

triadic

#BD9843 #43BD98 #9843BD

tetradic

#BD9843 #43BD5B #4368BD #BD43A5

square

#BD9843 #43BD5B #4368BD #BD43A5

split-complementary

#BD9843 #43A5BD #5B43BD

monochromatic

#634F23 #907433 #BD9843 #CDB170 #DDCA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BD9843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BD9843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9843

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9843	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9973A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.112 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b67b',
    500: '#bd9843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9843;
$custom-light: #d4b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.803,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69741,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9843

secondary

#93A3C9

accent

#79D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9843

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

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