#BD9D41#BD9D41

#BD9D41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.116 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D41
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 65.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, 1.51, 51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 51.08, 88.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.0004 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.116 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9991, 35.3164, 10.0260)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D41 #4161BD

analogous

#BD5F41 #BD9D41 #9FBD41

triadic

#BD9D41 #41BD9D #9D41BD

tetradic

#BD9D41 #41BD5F #4161BD #BD419F

square

#BD9D41 #41BD5F #4161BD #BD419F

split-complementary

#BD9D41 #419FBD #5F41BD

monochromatic

#625122 #8F7731 #BD9D41 #CDB56E #DDCC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BD9D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BD9D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D41

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D41	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#AE9B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.116 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b97a',
    500: '#bd9d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d41;
$custom-light: #d4b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70747,
    "c": 0.11614,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D41

secondary

#919FC9

accent

#73D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D41

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

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