#BD9C43#BD9C43

#BD9C43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.114 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C43
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 67)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 2.18, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 49.93, 87.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0026 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.114 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8896, 35.0030, 10.2803)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C43 #4364BD

analogous

#BD5F43 #BD9C43 #A1BD43

triadic

#BD9C43 #43BD9C #9C43BD

tetradic

#BD9C43 #43BD5F #4364BD #BD43A1

square

#BD9C43 #43BD5F #4364BD #BD43A1

split-complementary

#BD9C43 #43A1BD #5F43BD

monochromatic

#635223 #907733 #BD9C43 #CDB470 #DDCC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD9C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BD9C43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C43

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C43	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#AD9A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.114 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b87b',
    500: '#bd9c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c43;
$custom-light: #d4b87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.77,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70561,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C43

secondary

#93A1C9

accent

#75D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C43

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

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