#BD953B#BD953B

#BD953B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.117 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD953B
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, 5.50, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 51.77, 83.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% 0.0112 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.117 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5250, 32.6316, 8.7223)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD953B #3B63BD

analogous

#BD543B #BD953B #A4BD3B

triadic

#BD953B #3BBD95 #953BBD

tetradic

#BD953B #3BBD54 #3B63BD #BD3BA4

square

#BD953B #3BBD54 #3B63BD #BD3BA4

split-complementary

#BD953B #3BA4BD #543BBD

monochromatic

#604B1E #8E702C #BD953B #CFAF66 #DEC795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BD953B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BD953B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD953B

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD953B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD953B	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd953b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.117 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b375',
    500: '#bd953b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd953b;
$custom-light: #d5b375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd953b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69051,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD953B

secondary

#8B9EC9

accent

#78DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD953B

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

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