#BD9948#BD9948

#BD9948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.108 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9948
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.02, 4.14, 46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.02, 46.90, 84.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.0089 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.108 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5489, 34.0712, 10.9390)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9948 #486CBD

analogous

#BD5E48 #BD9948 #A7BD48

triadic

#BD9948 #48BD99 #9948BD

tetradic

#BD9948 #48BD5E #486CBD #BD48A7

square

#BD9948 #48BD5E #486CBD #BD48A7

split-complementary

#BD9948 #48A7BD #5E48BD

monochromatic

#665225 #937635 #BD9948 #CDB275 #DDCBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD9948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BD9948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9948

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9948	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)

#AA9840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.108 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b67e',
    500: '#bd9948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9948;
$custom-light: #d4b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70001,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9948

secondary

#97A6CA

accent

#7AD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9948

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

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