#BD9C3D#BD9C3D

#BD9C3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.119 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C3D
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, 1.81, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 52.56, 88.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% 0.0008 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.119 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7188, 34.9347, 9.3810)
Luminance	0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C3D #3D5EBD

analogous

#BD5C3D #BD9C3D #9EBD3D

triadic

#BD9C3D #3DBD9C #9C3DBD

tetradic

#BD9C3D #3DBD5C #3D5EBD #BD3D9E

square

#BD9C3D #3DBD5C #3D5EBD #BD3D9E

split-complementary

#BD9C3D #3D9EBD #5C3DBD

monochromatic

#60501F #8F762E #BD9C3D #CEB469 #DDCB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BD9C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BD9C3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C3D

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C3D	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.119 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b877',
    500: '#bd9c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c3d;
$custom-light: #d4b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.531,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70502,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C3D

secondary

#8D9CC9

accent

#72DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C3D

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

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