#BD9256#BD9256

#BD9256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.093 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9256
RGB	rgb(189, 146, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, 9.06, 37.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 38.82, 76.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% 0.0251 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.093 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9465, 32.0506, 13.2534)
Luminance	0.3205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9256 #5681BD

analogous

#BD5F56 #BD9256 #B5BD56

triadic

#BD9256 #56BD92 #9256BD

tetradic

#BD9256 #56BD5F #5681BD #BD56B5

square

#BD9256 #56BD5F #5681BD #BD56B5

split-complementary

#BD9256 #56B5BD #5F56BD

monochromatic

#6E522B #9A733C #BD9256 #CEAE82 #DFCBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BD9256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#BD9256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9256

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9256	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	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)

#A29351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 146, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.093 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b187',
    500: '#bd9256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9256;
$custom-light: #d3b187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.951,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68771,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9256

secondary

#A1B4CD

accent

#89D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9256

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

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