#BD9355#BD9355

#BD9355 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.095 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9355
RGB	rgb(189, 147, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, 8.42, 38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 39.48, 77.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% 0.0231 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.095 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0613, 32.3442, 13.0943)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9355 #557FBD

analogous

#BD5F55 #BD9355 #B3BD55

triadic

#BD9355 #55BD93 #9355BD

tetradic

#BD9355 #55BD5F #557FBD #BD55B3

square

#BD9355 #55BD5F #557FBD #BD55B3

split-complementary

#BD9355 #55B3BD #5F55BD

monochromatic

#6D522A #99733C #BD9355 #CEAF81 #DFCBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BD9355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BD9355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9355

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9355	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 147, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.095 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b286',
    500: '#bd9355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9355;
$custom-light: #d4b286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.769,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68956,
    "c": 0.09451,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9355

secondary

#A1B3CD

accent

#88D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9355

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

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