#BD9846#BD9846

#BD9846 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.109 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9846
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 70)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 4.55, 47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 47.57, 84.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% 0.0098 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.109 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3217, 33.7195, 10.5466)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9846 #466BBD

analogous

#BD5D46 #BD9846 #A6BD46

triadic

#BD9846 #46BD98 #9846BD

tetradic

#BD9846 #46BD5D #466BBD #BD46A6

square

#BD9846 #46BD5D #466BBD #BD46A6

split-complementary

#BD9846 #46A6BD #5D46BD

monochromatic

#655124 #927534 #BD9846 #CDB173 #DDCAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BD9846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BD9846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9846

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9846	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)

#A9973D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.109 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b67c',
    500: '#bd9846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9846;
$custom-light: #d4b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.345,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69774,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9846

secondary

#95A5CA

accent

#7BD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9846

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

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