#BD9D45#BD9D45

#BD9D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.113 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D45
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 69)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 1.77, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 49.29, 87.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.0016 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.113 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1191, 35.3644, 10.6580)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D45 #4565BD

analogous

#BD6145 #BD9D45 #A1BD45

triadic

#BD9D45 #45BD9D #9D45BD

tetradic

#BD9D45 #45BD61 #4565BD #BD45A1

square

#BD9D45 #45BD61 #4565BD #BD45A1

split-complementary

#BD9D45 #45A1BD #6145BD

monochromatic

#645324 #917834 #BD9D45 #CDB572 #DDCD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BD9D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BD9D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D45

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D45	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)

#AD9B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.113 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b97c',
    500: '#bd9d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d45;
$custom-light: #d4b97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70788,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D45

secondary

#94A2CA

accent

#74D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D45

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

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