#BD9655#BD9655

#BD9655 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.095 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9655
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, 6.78, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 40.07, 80.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0183 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.095 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5339, 33.2894, 13.2518)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9655 #557CBD

analogous

#BD6255 #BD9655 #B0BD55

triadic

#BD9655 #55BD96 #9655BD

tetradic

#BD9655 #55BD62 #557CBD #BD55B0

square

#BD9655 #55BD62 #557CBD #BD55B0

split-complementary

#BD9655 #55B0BD #6255BD

monochromatic

#6D542A #99763C #BD9655 #CEB181 #DFCCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BD9655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BD9655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9655

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9655	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6964F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.095 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b486',
    500: '#bd9655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9655;
$custom-light: #d3b486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69559,
    "c": 0.09546,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9655

secondary

#A1B1CD

accent

#84D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9655

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

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