#BD9945#BD9945

#BD9945 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.111 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9945
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, 3.93, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 48.27, 85.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0079 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.111 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4534, 34.0330, 10.4361)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9945 #4569BD

analogous

#BD5D45 #BD9945 #A5BD45

triadic

#BD9945 #45BD99 #9945BD

tetradic

#BD9945 #45BD5D #4569BD #BD45A5

square

#BD9945 #45BD5D #4569BD #BD45A5

split-complementary

#BD9945 #45A5BD #5D45BD

monochromatic

#645124 #917534 #BD9945 #CDB272 #DDCB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD9945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BD9945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9945

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9945	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA983C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.111 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b67c',
    500: '#bd9945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9945;
$custom-light: #d4b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69967,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9945

secondary

#94A4CA

accent

#79D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9945

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

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