#BD9565#BD9565

#BD9565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.080 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9565
RGB	rgb(189, 149, 101)
HSL	hsl(33, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, 8.82, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 32.24, 74.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% 0.0261 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.08 71)
XYZ	xyz(34.0840, 33.2552, 16.9330)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9565 #658DBD

analogous

#BD6965 #BD9565 #B9BD65

triadic

#BD9565 #65BD95 #9565BD

tetradic

#BD9565 #65BD69 #658DBD #BD65B9

square

#BD9565 #65BD69 #658DBD #BD65B9

split-complementary

#BD9565 #65B9BD #6965BD

monochromatic

#755732 #A07745 #BD9565 #CFB290 #E2D0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BD9565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BD9565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9565

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9565	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 149, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.080 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b491',
    500: '#bd9565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9565;
$custom-light: #d3b491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69611,
    "c": 0.08017,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.33253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9565

secondary

#ADBDD1

accent

#8ED058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9565

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

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