#BD9E43#BD9E43

#BD9E43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.115 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E43
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 64.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 1.10, 50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 50.46, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0006 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.115 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2279, 35.6797, 10.3931)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E43 #4362BD

analogous

#BD6143 #BD9E43 #9FBD43

triadic

#BD9E43 #43BD9E #9E43BD

tetradic

#BD9E43 #43BD61 #4362BD #BD439F

square

#BD9E43 #43BD61 #4362BD #BD439F

split-complementary

#BD9E43 #439FBD #6143BD

monochromatic

#635323 #907833 #BD9E43 #CDB570 #DDCD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BD9E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BD9E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E43

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E43	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.115 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba7b',
    500: '#bd9e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e43;
$custom-light: #d4ba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.754,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70974,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E43

secondary

#93A0C9

accent

#73D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E43

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

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