#BD9845#BD9845

#BD9845 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.110 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9845
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, 4.48, 47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 48.03, 84.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% 0.0095 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.11 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2904, 33.7070, 10.3817)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9845 #456ABD

analogous

#BD5C45 #BD9845 #A6BD45

triadic

#BD9845 #45BD98 #9845BD

tetradic

#BD9845 #45BD5C #456ABD #BD45A6

square

#BD9845 #45BD5C #456ABD #BD45A6

split-complementary

#BD9845 #45A6BD #5C45BD

monochromatic

#645024 #917434 #BD9845 #CDB172 #DDCA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BD9845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BD9845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9845

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9845	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)

#A9973C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.110 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b67c',
    500: '#bd9845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9845;
$custom-light: #d4b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69763,
    "c": 0.11025,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9845

secondary

#94A5CA

accent

#7AD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9845

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

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