#BD9C3E#BD9C3E

#BD9C3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.118 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C3E
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, 1.87, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 52.13, 87.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.001 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.118 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7460, 34.9456, 9.5242)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C3E #3E5FBD

analogous

#BD5C3E #BD9C3E #9FBD3E

triadic

#BD9C3E #3EBD9C #9C3EBD

tetradic

#BD9C3E #3EBD5C #3E5FBD #BD3E9F

square

#BD9C3E #3EBD5C #3E5FBD #BD3E9F

split-complementary

#BD9C3E #3E9FBD #5C3EBD

monochromatic

#615020 #8F762F #BD9C3E #CEB46A #DDCB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BD9C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BD9C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C3E

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C3E	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)

#AD9A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.118 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b878',
    500: '#bd9c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c3e;
$custom-light: #d4b878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.409,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70511,
    "c": 0.11786,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C3E

secondary

#8E9DC9

accent

#72DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C3E

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

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