#BD9D46#BD9D46

#BD9D46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.112 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D46
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 70)
HSL	hsl(44, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 1.83, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 48.84, 87.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.002 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.112 89)
XYZ	xyz(34.1504, 35.3769, 10.8228)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D46 #4666BD

analogous

#BD6246 #BD9D46 #A1BD46

triadic

#BD9D46 #46BD9D #9D46BD

tetradic

#BD9D46 #46BD62 #4666BD #BD46A1

square

#BD9D46 #46BD62 #4666BD #BD46A1

split-complementary

#BD9D46 #46A1BD #6246BD

monochromatic

#655324 #927934 #BD9D46 #CDB573 #DDCDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BD9D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BD9D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D46

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D46	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)

#AD9B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.112 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b97d',
    500: '#bd9d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d46;
$custom-light: #d4b97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.866,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70799,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.35375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D46

secondary

#95A3CA

accent

#75D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D46

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

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