#BD9941#BD9941

#BD9941 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.114 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9941
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 65)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 3.68, 49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 50.06, 85.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.0067 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.114 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3334, 33.9850, 9.8041)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9941 #4165BD

analogous

#BD5B41 #BD9941 #A3BD41

triadic

#BD9941 #41BD99 #9941BD

tetradic

#BD9941 #41BD5B #4165BD #BD41A3

square

#BD9941 #41BD5B #4165BD #BD41A3

split-complementary

#BD9941 #41A3BD #5B41BD

monochromatic

#624F22 #8F7431 #BD9941 #CDB26E #DDCA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD9941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BD9941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9941

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9941	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.114 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b679',
    500: '#bd9941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9941;
$custom-light: #d4b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69925,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9941

secondary

#91A1C9

accent

#77D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9941

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

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