#BD9D3E#BD9D3E

#BD9D3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.118 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D3E
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 1.33, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 52.39, 88.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0005 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.118 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9145, 35.2825, 9.5804)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D3E #3E5EBD

analogous

#BD5E3E #BD9D3E #9EBD3E

triadic

#BD9D3E #3EBD9D #9D3EBD

tetradic

#BD9D3E #3EBD5E #3E5EBD #BD3E9E

square

#BD9D3E #3EBD5E #3E5EBD #BD3E9E

split-complementary

#BD9D3E #3E9EBD #5E3EBD

monochromatic

#615020 #8F772F #BD9D3E #CEB56A #DDCC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BD9D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D3E

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D3E	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.118 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b978',
    500: '#bd9d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d3e;
$custom-light: #d4b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.882,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70718,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D3E

secondary

#8E9DC9

accent

#71DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D3E

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

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