#BD9B40#BD9B40

#BD9B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.116 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B40
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 2.53, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 51.00, 87.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0032 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.116 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6348, 34.6337, 9.7629)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B40 #4062BD

analogous

#BD5D40 #BD9B40 #A1BD40

triadic

#BD9B40 #40BD9B #9B40BD

tetradic

#BD9B40 #40BD5D #4062BD #BD40A1

square

#BD9B40 #40BD5D #4062BD #BD40A1

split-complementary

#BD9B40 #40A1BD #5D40BD

monochromatic

#625021 #8F7631 #BD9B40 #CDB36D #DDCB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BD9B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BD9B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B40

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B40	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.116 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b879',
    500: '#bd9b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b40;
$custom-light: #d4b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.68,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70325,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B40

secondary

#909FC9

accent

#74D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B40

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

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