#BD9D40#BD9D40

#BD9D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.117 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D40
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, 1.45, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 51.52, 88.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% 0.0001 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.117 90)
XYZ	xyz(33.9704, 35.3049, 9.8747)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D40 #4060BD

analogous

#BD5F40 #BD9D40 #9FBD40

triadic

#BD9D40 #40BD9D #9D40BD

tetradic

#BD9D40 #40BD5F #4060BD #BD409F

square

#BD9D40 #40BD5F #4060BD #BD409F

split-complementary

#BD9D40 #409FBD #5F40BD

monochromatic

#625121 #8F7731 #BD9D40 #CDB56D #DDCC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BD9D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D40

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D40	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)

#AE9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.117 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b979',
    500: '#bd9d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d40;
$custom-light: #d4b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.64,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70737,
    "c": 0.11692,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.35303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D40

secondary

#909EC9

accent

#72D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D40

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

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