#BD9944#BD9944

#BD9944 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.112 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9944
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 3.87, 48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 48.72, 85.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% 0.0076 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.112 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4226, 34.0207, 10.2740)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9944 #4468BD

analogous

#BD5D44 #BD9944 #A4BD44

triadic

#BD9944 #44BD99 #9944BD

tetradic

#BD9944 #44BD5D #4468BD #BD44A4

square

#BD9944 #44BD5D #4468BD #BD44A4

split-complementary

#BD9944 #44A4BD #5D44BD

monochromatic

#635023 #917533 #BD9944 #CDB271 #DDCA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD9944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BD9944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9944

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9944	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)

#AA983B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.112 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b67b',
    500: '#bd9944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9944;
$custom-light: #d4b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.149,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69956,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9944

secondary

#93A3C9

accent

#79D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9944

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

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