#BD9848#BD9848

#BD9848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.108 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9848
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 72)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 4.68, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 46.66, 84.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% 0.0105 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.108 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3859, 33.7452, 10.8846)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9848 #486DBD

analogous

#BD5D48 #BD9848 #A7BD48

triadic

#BD9848 #48BD98 #9848BD

tetradic

#BD9848 #48BD5D #486DBD #BD48A7

square

#BD9848 #48BD5D #486DBD #BD48A7

split-complementary

#BD9848 #48A7BD #5D48BD

monochromatic

#665125 #937535 #BD9848 #CDB175 #DDCBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BD9848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BD9848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9848

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9848	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.108 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b67e',
    500: '#bd9848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9848;
$custom-light: #d4b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.026,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69797,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9848

secondary

#97A7CA

accent

#7BD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9848

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

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