#BD9253#BD9253

#BD9253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.096 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9253
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 83)
HSL	hsl(36, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, 8.80, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 40.24, 77.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% 0.024 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.096 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8281, 32.0032, 12.6301)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9253 #537EBD

analogous

#BD5D53 #BD9253 #B3BD53

triadic

#BD9253 #53BD92 #9253BD

tetradic

#BD9253 #53BD5D #537EBD #BD53B3

square

#BD9253 #53BD5D #537EBD #BD53B3

split-complementary

#BD9253 #53B3BD #5D53BD

monochromatic

#6C5129 #98723A #BD9253 #CEAE7F #DFCAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BD9253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#BD9253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9253

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9253	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2934D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.096 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b185',
    500: '#bd9253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9253;
$custom-light: #d4b185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.66,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68728,
    "c": 0.09603,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9253

secondary

#9FB2CD

accent

#88D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9253

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

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