#BD9552#BD9552

#BD9552 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.098 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9552
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 82)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, 7.08, 40.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 41.29, 80.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.0188 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.098 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2583, 32.9250, 12.5844)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9552 #527ABD

analogous

#BD5F52 #BD9552 #AFBD52

triadic

#BD9552 #52BD95 #9552BD

tetradic

#BD9552 #52BD5F #527ABD #BD52AF

square

#BD9552 #52BD5F #527ABD #BD52AF

split-complementary

#BD9552 #52AFBD #5F52BD

monochromatic

#6C5329 #98753A #BD9552 #CEB07E #DFCBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BD9552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BD9552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9552

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9552	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)

#A5964C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.098 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b484',
    500: '#bd9552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9552;
$custom-light: #d4b484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.57,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69315,
    "c": 0.09782,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9552

secondary

#9EB0CC

accent

#84D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9552

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

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