#BD9650#BD9650

#BD9650 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.100 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9650
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 80)
HSL	hsl(39, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, 6.37, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 42.45, 81.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% 0.0165 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.1 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3422, 33.2127, 12.2424)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9650 #5077BD

analogous

#BD5F50 #BD9650 #ADBD50

triadic

#BD9650 #50BD96 #9650BD

tetradic

#BD9650 #50BD5F #5077BD #BD50AD

square

#BD9650 #50BD5F #5077BD #BD50AD

split-complementary

#BD9650 #50ADBD #5F50BD

monochromatic

#6A5328 #977539 #BD9650 #CEB17C #DFCBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BD9650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BD9650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9650

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9650	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)

#A6964A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.100 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b483',
    500: '#bd9650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9650;
$custom-light: #d4b483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.532,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6949,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9650

secondary

#9DAECC

accent

#81D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9650

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

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