#BD9151#BD9151

#BD9151 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.098 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9151
RGB	rgb(189, 145, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 57.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, 9.19, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 41.00, 77.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% 0.0249 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.098 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5985, 31.6658, 12.1781)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9151 #517DBD

analogous

#BD5B51 #BD9151 #B3BD51

triadic

#BD9151 #51BD91 #9151BD

tetradic

#BD9151 #51BD5B #517DBD #BD51B3

square

#BD9151 #51BD5B #517DBD #BD51B3

split-complementary

#BD9151 #51B3BD #5B51BD

monochromatic

#6B5029 #977139 #BD9151 #CEAD7D #DFC9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BD9151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BD9151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9151

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9151	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1924B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 145, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.098 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b183',
    500: '#bd9151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9151;
$custom-light: #d4b183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68501,
    "c": 0.09754,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9151

secondary

#9EB1CC

accent

#88D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9151

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

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