#BD9943#BD9943

#BD9943 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.112 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9943
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 3.80, 49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 49.17, 85.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0073 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.112 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3924, 34.0086, 10.1146)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9943 #4367BD

analogous

#BD5C43 #BD9943 #A4BD43

triadic

#BD9943 #43BD99 #9943BD

tetradic

#BD9943 #43BD5C #4367BD #BD43A4

square

#BD9943 #43BD5C #4367BD #BD43A4

split-complementary

#BD9943 #43A4BD #5C43BD

monochromatic

#635023 #907533 #BD9943 #CDB270 #DDCA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD9943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BD9943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9943

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9943	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)

#AA983A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.112 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b67b',
    500: '#bd9943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9943;
$custom-light: #d4b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.295,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69946,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9943

secondary

#93A3C9

accent

#78D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9943

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

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