#BD9255#BD9255

#BD9255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.094 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9255
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 85)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, 8.97, 38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 39.30, 76.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% 0.0248 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.094 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9065, 32.0346, 13.0427)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9255 #5580BD

analogous

#BD5E55 #BD9255 #B4BD55

triadic

#BD9255 #55BD92 #9255BD

tetradic

#BD9255 #55BD5E #5580BD #BD55B4

square

#BD9255 #55BD5E #5580BD #BD55B4

split-complementary

#BD9255 #55B4BD #5E55BD

monochromatic

#6D522A #99733C #BD9255 #CEAE81 #DFCBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BD9255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#BD9255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9255

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9255	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.094 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b186',
    500: '#bd9255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9255;
$custom-light: #d4b186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.192,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68757,
    "c": 0.09426,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9255

secondary

#A1B3CD

accent

#89D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9255

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

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