#BD9A42#BD9A42

#BD9A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.114 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9A42
RGB	rgb(189, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 3.20, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 49.86, 86.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0054 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.114 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5270, 34.3254, 10.0128)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9A42 #4265BD

analogous

#BD5D42 #BD9A42 #A2BD42

triadic

#BD9A42 #42BD9A #9A42BD

tetradic

#BD9A42 #42BD5D #4265BD #BD42A2

square

#BD9A42 #42BD5D #4265BD #BD42A2

split-complementary

#BD9A42 #42A2BD #5D42BD

monochromatic

#625022 #907532 #BD9A42 #CDB26F #DDCA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD9A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BD9A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9A42

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9A42	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)

#AB9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.114 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b77a',
    500: '#bd9a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9a42;
$custom-light: #d4b77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.927,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7014,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9A42

secondary

#92A2C9

accent

#77D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9A42

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

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