#BD9B4E#BD9B4E

#BD9B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.104 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B4E
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 3.49, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 44.60, 85.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.0078 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.104 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0844, 34.8135, 12.1306)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B4E #4E70BD

analogous

#BD644E #BD9B4E #A7BD4E

triadic

#BD9B4E #4EBD9B #9B4EBD

tetradic

#BD9B4E #4EBD64 #4E70BD #BD4EA7

square

#BD9B4E #4EBD64 #4E70BD #BD4EA7

split-complementary

#BD9B4E #4EA7BD #644EBD

monochromatic

#695527 #967938 #BD9B4E #CEB47B #DECDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD9B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BD9B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B4E

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B4E	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)

#AB9A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.104 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b882',
    500: '#bd9b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b4e;
$custom-light: #d4b882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.622,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70481,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B4E

secondary

#9BAACC

accent

#7BD552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B4E

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

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