#BD9947#BD9947

#BD9947 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.109 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9947
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 71)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, 4.07, 47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 47.36, 85.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0086 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.109 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5165, 34.0582, 10.7686)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9947 #476BBD

analogous

#BD5E47 #BD9947 #A6BD47

triadic

#BD9947 #47BD99 #9947BD

tetradic

#BD9947 #47BD5E #476BBD #BD47A6

square

#BD9947 #47BD5E #476BBD #BD47A6

split-complementary

#BD9947 #47A6BD #5E47BD

monochromatic

#655124 #927634 #BD9947 #CDB274 #DDCBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD9947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BD9947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9947

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9947	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)

#AA983F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.109 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b67d',
    500: '#bd9947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9947;
$custom-light: #d4b67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.695,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69989,
    "c": 0.10909,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9947

secondary

#96A6CA

accent

#7AD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9947

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

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