#BD9E44#BD9E44

#BD9E44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.114 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E44
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 64%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 1.16, 50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 50.01, 88.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0002 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.114 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2582, 35.6918, 10.5525)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E44 #4463BD

analogous

#BD6144 #BD9E44 #9FBD44

triadic

#BD9E44 #44BD9E #9E44BD

tetradic

#BD9E44 #44BD61 #4463BD #BD449F

square

#BD9E44 #44BD61 #4463BD #BD449F

split-complementary

#BD9E44 #449FBD #6144BD

monochromatic

#635323 #917933 #BD9E44 #CDB571 #DDCD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BD9E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BD9E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E44

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E44	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)

#AE9C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.114 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba7c',
    500: '#bd9e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e44;
$custom-light: #d4ba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.628,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70984,
    "c": 0.11435,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E44

secondary

#93A1C9

accent

#73D750

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E44

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

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