#BD9159#BD9159

#BD9159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.090 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9159
RGB	rgb(189, 145, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(34, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, 9.87, 35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 37.24, 74.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% 0.0279 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.091 72)
XYZ	xyz(32.9164, 31.7930, 13.8522)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9159 #5985BD

analogous

#BD5F59 #BD9159 #B7BD59

triadic

#BD9159 #59BD91 #9159BD

tetradic

#BD9159 #59BD5F #5985BD #BD59B7

square

#BD9159 #59BD5F #5985BD #BD59B7

split-complementary

#BD9159 #59B7BD #5F59BD

monochromatic

#6F522C #9B723E #BD9159 #CEAE85 #E0CBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BD9159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BD9159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9159

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9159	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 145, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.090 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b189',
    500: '#bd9159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9159;
$custom-light: #d3b189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68618,
    "c": 0.0905,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.31791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9159

secondary

#A4B6CE

accent

#8CD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5F0

border

#D3CFCB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9159

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

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