#BD9C41#BD9C41

#BD9C41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.116 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C41
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 65)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 2.05, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 50.82, 87.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.002 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.116 89)
XYZ	xyz(33.8306, 34.9794, 9.9698)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C41 #4162BD

analogous

#BD5E41 #BD9C41 #A0BD41

triadic

#BD9C41 #41BD9C #9C41BD

tetradic

#BD9C41 #41BD5E #4162BD #BD41A0

square

#BD9C41 #41BD5E #4162BD #BD41A0

split-complementary

#BD9C41 #41A0BD #5E41BD

monochromatic

#625122 #8F7631 #BD9C41 #CDB46E #DDCB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BD9C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BD9C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C41

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C41	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.116 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b87a',
    500: '#bd9c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c41;
$custom-light: #d4b87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.032,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70541,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.34977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C41

secondary

#91A0C9

accent

#74D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C41

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

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