#BD9653#BD9653

#BD9653 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.097 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9653
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 83)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, 6.61, 40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 41.03, 80.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% 0.0176 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.097 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4555, 33.2581, 12.8392)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9653 #537ABD

analogous

#BD6153 #BD9653 #AFBD53

triadic

#BD9653 #53BD96 #9653BD

tetradic

#BD9653 #53BD61 #537ABD #BD53AF

square

#BD9653 #53BD61 #537ABD #BD53AF

split-complementary

#BD9653 #53AFBD #6153BD

monochromatic

#6C5429 #98763A #BD9653 #CEB17F #DFCCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BD9653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BD9653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9653

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9653	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)

#A6964D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.097 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b485',
    500: '#bd9653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9653;
$custom-light: #d4b485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.925,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69531,
    "c": 0.09728,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9653

secondary

#9FB0CD

accent

#83D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9653

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

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