#BD9A40#BD9A40

#BD9A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.115 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A40
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 3.07, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 50.75, 86.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0048 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.115 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4691, 34.3022, 9.7076)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A40 #4063BD

analogous

#BD5C40 #BD9A40 #A2BD40

triadic

#BD9A40 #40BD9A #9A40BD

tetradic

#BD9A40 #40BD5C #4063BD #BD40A2

square

#BD9A40 #40BD5C #4063BD #BD40A2

split-complementary

#BD9A40 #40A2BD #5C40BD

monochromatic

#624F21 #8F7531 #BD9A40 #CDB26D #DDCA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD9A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BD9A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A40

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A40	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.115 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b779',
    500: '#bd9a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a40;
$custom-light: #d4b779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7012,
    "c": 0.11523,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A40

secondary

#90A0C9

accent

#76D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A40

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

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