#BD9E45#BD9E45

#BD9E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.114 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E45
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 63.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 1.23, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 49.56, 88.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0001 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.114 90)
XYZ	xyz(34.2890, 35.7041, 10.7146)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E45 #4564BD

analogous

#BD6245 #BD9E45 #A0BD45

triadic

#BD9E45 #45BD9E #9E45BD

tetradic

#BD9E45 #45BD62 #4564BD #BD45A0

square

#BD9E45 #45BD62 #4564BD #BD45A0

split-complementary

#BD9E45 #45A0BD #6245BD

monochromatic

#645324 #917934 #BD9E45 #CDB672 #DDCD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BD9E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BD9E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E45

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E45	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)

#AE9C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.114 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba7c',
    500: '#bd9e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e45;
$custom-light: #d4ba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70994,
    "c": 0.11353,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.35702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E45

secondary

#94A2CA

accent

#73D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E45

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

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