#BD9946#BD9946

#BD9946 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.110 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9946
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 4.00, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 47.81, 85.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0083 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.11 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4847, 34.0455, 10.6009)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9946 #466ABD

analogous

#BD5D46 #BD9946 #A5BD46

triadic

#BD9946 #46BD99 #9946BD

tetradic

#BD9946 #46BD5D #466ABD #BD46A5

square

#BD9946 #46BD5D #466ABD #BD46A5

split-complementary

#BD9946 #46A5BD #5D46BD

monochromatic

#655124 #927534 #BD9946 #CDB273 #DDCBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD9946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BD9946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9946

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9946	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)

#AA983D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.110 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b67d',
    500: '#bd9946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9946;
$custom-light: #d4b67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.849,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69978,
    "c": 0.10992,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9946

secondary

#95A5CA

accent

#79D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9946

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

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