#BD9555#BD9555

#BD9555 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.095 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9555
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 7.33, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 39.87, 79.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% 0.0199 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.095 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3750, 32.9716, 13.1988)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9555 #557DBD

analogous

#BD6155 #BD9555 #B1BD55

triadic

#BD9555 #55BD95 #9555BD

tetradic

#BD9555 #55BD61 #557DBD #BD55B1

square

#BD9555 #55BD61 #557DBD #BD55B1

split-complementary

#BD9555 #55B1BD #6155BD

monochromatic

#6D542A #99753C #BD9555 #CEB081 #DFCCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BD9555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BD9555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9555

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9555	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)

#A5964F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.095 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b486',
    500: '#bd9555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9555;
$custom-light: #d3b486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69357,
    "c": 0.09511,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9555

secondary

#A1B2CD

accent

#85D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9555

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

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