#BD9550#BD9550

#BD9550 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.100 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9550
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 6.92, 41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 42.24, 80.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% 0.0181 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.1 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1833, 32.8950, 12.1894)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9550 #5078BD

analogous

#BD5F50 #BD9550 #AEBD50

triadic

#BD9550 #50BD95 #9550BD

tetradic

#BD9550 #50BD5F #5078BD #BD50AE

square

#BD9550 #50BD5F #5078BD #BD50AE

split-complementary

#BD9550 #50AEBD #5F50BD

monochromatic

#6A5228 #977439 #BD9550 #CEB07C #DFCBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BD9550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BD9550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9550

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9550	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5954A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.100 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b483',
    500: '#bd9550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9550;
$custom-light: #d4b483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.982,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69288,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9550

secondary

#9DAECC

accent

#83D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9550

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

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