#BD9949#BD9949

#BD9949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.107 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9949
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 4.21, 46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 46.43, 84.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.0092 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.107 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5818, 34.0843, 11.1122)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9949 #496DBD

analogous

#BD5F49 #BD9949 #A7BD49

triadic

#BD9949 #49BD99 #9949BD

tetradic

#BD9949 #49BD5F #496DBD #BD49A7

square

#BD9949 #49BD5F #496DBD #BD49A7

split-complementary

#BD9949 #49A7BD #5F49BD

monochromatic

#665225 #937635 #BD9949 #CDB276 #DECBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD9949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BD9949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9949

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9949	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.107 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b67e',
    500: '#bd9949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9949;
$custom-light: #d4b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.379,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70012,
    "c": 0.10741,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9949

secondary

#97A7CA

accent

#7BD651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9949

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

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