#BD9942#BD9942

#BD9942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.113 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9942
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 3.74, 49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 49.62, 85.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.007 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.113 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3626, 33.9967, 9.9580)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9942 #4266BD

analogous

#BD5C42 #BD9942 #A3BD42

triadic

#BD9942 #42BD99 #9942BD

tetradic

#BD9942 #42BD5C #4266BD #BD42A3

square

#BD9942 #42BD5C #4266BD #BD42A3

split-complementary

#BD9942 #42A3BD #5C42BD

monochromatic

#625022 #907432 #BD9942 #CDB16F #DDCA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD9942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BD9942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9942

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9942	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)

#AA9838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.113 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b67a',
    500: '#bd9942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9942;
$custom-light: #d4b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69935,
    "c": 0.11314,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9942

secondary

#92A2C9

accent

#78D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9942

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

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