#BD9356#BD9356

#BD9356 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.094 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9356
RGB	rgb(189, 147, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, 8.51, 38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 39.00, 77.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0235 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.094 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1013, 32.3602, 13.3050)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9356 #5680BD

analogous

#BD6056 #BD9356 #B4BD56

triadic

#BD9356 #56BD93 #9356BD

tetradic

#BD9356 #56BD60 #5680BD #BD56B4

square

#BD9356 #56BD60 #5680BD #BD56B4

split-complementary

#BD9356 #56B4BD #6056BD

monochromatic

#6E522B #9A743C #BD9356 #CEAF82 #DFCBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BD9356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BD9356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9356

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9356	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)

#A39451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 147, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.094 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b287',
    500: '#bd9356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9356;
$custom-light: #d3b287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.534,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68971,
    "c": 0.09361,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9356

secondary

#A1B3CD

accent

#88D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9356

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

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