#BD9844#BD9844

#BD9844 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.111 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9844
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 4.41, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 48.48, 84.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0092 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.111 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2596, 33.6947, 10.2196)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9844 #4469BD

analogous

#BD5B44 #BD9844 #A5BD44

triadic

#BD9844 #44BD98 #9844BD

tetradic

#BD9844 #44BD5B #4469BD #BD44A5

square

#BD9844 #44BD5B #4469BD #BD44A5

split-complementary

#BD9844 #44A5BD #5B44BD

monochromatic

#635023 #917433 #BD9844 #CDB171 #DDCA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BD9844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BD9844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9844

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9844	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)

#A9973B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.111 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b67b',
    500: '#bd9844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9844;
$custom-light: #d4b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.653,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69752,
    "c": 0.11106,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9844

secondary

#93A4C9

accent

#7AD750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9844

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

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