#BD9554#BD9554

#BD9554 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.096 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9554
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 84)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 55.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 7.24, 39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 40.34, 79.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% 0.0195 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.096 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3355, 32.9559, 12.9911)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9554 #547CBD

analogous

#BD6054 #BD9554 #B0BD54

triadic

#BD9554 #54BD95 #9554BD

tetradic

#BD9554 #54BD60 #547CBD #BD54B0

square

#BD9554 #54BD60 #547CBD #BD54B0

split-complementary

#BD9554 #54B0BD #6054BD

monochromatic

#6D532A #99753B #BD9554 #CEB080 #DFCCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BD9554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BD9554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9554

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9554	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5964E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.096 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b486',
    500: '#bd9554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9554;
$custom-light: #d4b486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69343,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9554

secondary

#A0B1CD

accent

#85D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9554

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

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