#BD9050#BD9050

#BD9050 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.098 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9050
RGB	rgb(189, 144, 80)
HSL	hsl(35, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, 9.66, 40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 41.30, 76.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.0261 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.098 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4092, 31.3467, 11.9314)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9050 #507DBD

analogous

#BD5950 #BD9050 #B4BD50

triadic

#BD9050 #50BD90 #9050BD

tetradic

#BD9050 #50BD59 #507DBD #BD50B4

square

#BD9050 #50BD59 #507DBD #BD50B4

split-complementary

#BD9050 #50B4BD #5950BD

monochromatic

#6A4F28 #977039 #BD9050 #CEAC7C #DFC8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BD9050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#BD9050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9050

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9050	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1924A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 144, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.098 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b083',
    500: '#bd9050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9050;
$custom-light: #d4b083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.229,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68288,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9050

secondary

#9DB0CC

accent

#89D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9050

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

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