#BD9059#BD9059

#BD9059 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.090 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9059
RGB	rgb(189, 144, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(33, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, 10.42, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 37.09, 73.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% 0.0295 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.09 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7643, 31.4887, 13.8015)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9059 #5986BD

analogous

#BD5E59 #BD9059 #B8BD59

triadic

#BD9059 #59BD90 #9059BD

tetradic

#BD9059 #59BD5E #5986BD #BD59B8

square

#BD9059 #59BD5E #5986BD #BD59B8

split-complementary

#BD9059 #59B8BD #5E59BD

monochromatic

#6F512C #9B713E #BD9059 #CEAD85 #E0CBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BD9059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#BD9059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9059

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9059	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 144, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.090 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b089',
    500: '#bd9059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9059;
$custom-light: #d3b089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6842,
    "c": 0.09035,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9059

secondary

#A4B7CE

accent

#8ED355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9059

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

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