#BD9D4E#BD9D4E

#BD9D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.105 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D4E
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 2.41, 45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 45.13, 86.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0046 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.105 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4200, 35.4847, 12.2425)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D4E #4E6EBD

analogous

#BD664E #BD9D4E #A5BD4E

triadic

#BD9D4E #4EBD9D #9D4EBD

tetradic

#BD9D4E #4EBD66 #4E6EBD #BD4EA5

square

#BD9D4E #4EBD66 #4E6EBD #BD4EA5

split-complementary

#BD9D4E #4EA5BD #664EBD

monochromatic

#695627 #967B38 #BD9D4E #CEB67B #DECEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BD9D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BD9D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D4E

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D4E	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.105 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b982',
    500: '#bd9d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d4e;
$custom-light: #d4b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.703,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70891,
    "c": 0.10519,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D4E

secondary

#9BA9CC

accent

#78D552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D4E

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

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