#BD9D49#BD9D49

#BD9D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.110 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D49
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 2.04, 47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 47.46, 87.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0029 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.11 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2475, 35.4157, 11.3341)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D49 #4969BD

analogous

#BD6349 #BD9D49 #A3BD49

triadic

#BD9D49 #49BD9D #9D49BD

tetradic

#BD9D49 #49BD63 #4969BD #BD49A3

square

#BD9D49 #49BD63 #4969BD #BD49A3

split-complementary

#BD9D49 #49A3BD #6349BD

monochromatic

#665425 #937935 #BD9D49 #CDB576 #DECDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BD9D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BD9D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D49

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D49	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)

#AD9B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.110 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b97f',
    500: '#bd9d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d49;
$custom-light: #d4b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70832,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D49

secondary

#97A5CA

accent

#76D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D49

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

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