#BD9B4D#BD9B4D

#BD9B4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.105 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B4D
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 77)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 59.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 3.42, 44.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 45.07, 85.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.0075 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.105 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0488, 34.7993, 11.9433)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B4D #4D6FBD

analogous

#BD634D #BD9B4D #A7BD4D

triadic

#BD9B4D #4DBD9B #9B4DBD

tetradic

#BD9B4D #4DBD63 #4D6FBD #BD4DA7

square

#BD9B4D #4DBD63 #4D6FBD #BD4DA7

split-complementary

#BD9B4D #4DA7BD #634DBD

monochromatic

#695527 #957937 #BD9B4D #CEB47A #DECDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD9B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BD9B4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B4D

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B4D	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.105 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b881',
    500: '#bd9b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b4d;
$custom-light: #d4b881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.786,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70469,
    "c": 0.10496,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B4D

secondary

#9AA9CB

accent

#7AD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B4D

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

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