#BD9D48#BD9D48

#BD9D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.110 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D48
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 72)
HSL	hsl(44, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 1.97, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 47.92, 87.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0026 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.11 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2146, 35.4026, 11.1609)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D48 #4868BD

analogous

#BD6248 #BD9D48 #A2BD48

triadic

#BD9D48 #48BD9D #9D48BD

tetradic

#BD9D48 #48BD62 #4868BD #BD48A2

square

#BD9D48 #48BD62 #4868BD #BD48A2

split-complementary

#BD9D48 #48A2BD #6248BD

monochromatic

#665425 #937935 #BD9D48 #CDB575 #DDCDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BD9D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BD9D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D48

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D48	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.110 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b97e',
    500: '#bd9d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d48;
$custom-light: #d4b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.59,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70821,
    "c": 0.11043,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D48

secondary

#97A5CA

accent

#76D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D48

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

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