#BD9D43#BD9D43

#BD9D43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.115 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D43
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 67)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 1.64, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 50.19, 88.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.001 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.115 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0581, 35.3400, 10.3365)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D43 #4363BD

analogous

#BD6043 #BD9D43 #A0BD43

triadic

#BD9D43 #43BD9D #9D43BD

tetradic

#BD9D43 #43BD60 #4363BD #BD43A0

square

#BD9D43 #43BD60 #4363BD #BD43A0

split-complementary

#BD9D43 #43A0BD #6043BD

monochromatic

#635223 #907833 #BD9D43 #CDB570 #DDCC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BD9D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BD9D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D43

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D43	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.115 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b97b',
    500: '#bd9d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d43;
$custom-light: #d4b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.262,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70767,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D43

secondary

#93A1C9

accent

#74D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D43

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

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