#BD9C4E#BD9C4E

#BD9C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.105 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C4E
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 2.95, 44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 44.86, 86.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0062 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.105 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2515, 35.1477, 12.1864)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C4E #4E6FBD

analogous

#BD644E #BD9C4E #A7BD4E

triadic

#BD9C4E #4EBD9C #9C4EBD

tetradic

#BD9C4E #4EBD64 #4E6FBD #BD4EA7

square

#BD9C4E #4EBD64 #4E6FBD #BD4EA7

split-complementary

#BD9C4E #4EA7BD #644EBD

monochromatic

#695627 #967A38 #BD9C4E #CEB57B #DECEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD9C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BD9C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C4E

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C4E	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.105 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b982',
    500: '#bd9c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c4e;
$custom-light: #d4b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70686,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C4E

secondary

#9BAACC

accent

#79D552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C4E

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

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