#BD9561#BD9561

#BD9561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.084 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9561
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 97)
HSL	hsl(34, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, 8.42, 33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 34.14, 75.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0245 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.084 73)
XYZ	xyz(33.8928, 33.1788, 15.9259)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9561 #6189BD

analogous

#BD6761 #BD9561 #B7BD61

triadic

#BD9561 #61BD95 #9561BD

tetradic

#BD9561 #61BD67 #6189BD #BD61B7

square

#BD9561 #61BD67 #6189BD #BD61B7

split-complementary

#BD9561 #61B7BD #6761BD

monochromatic

#735630 #9F7642 #BD9561 #CFB28C #E1CFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BD9561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BD9561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9561

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9561	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4965D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.084 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b48e',
    500: '#bd9561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9561;
$custom-light: #d3b48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.913,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69543,
    "c": 0.08394,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.33177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9561

secondary

#AABAD0

accent

#8CD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9561

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

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