#BD9656#BD9656

#BD9656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.095 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9656
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, 6.86, 39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 39.60, 80.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% 0.0187 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.095 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5739, 33.3054, 13.4625)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9656 #567DBD

analogous

#BD6356 #BD9656 #B1BD56

triadic

#BD9656 #56BD96 #9656BD

tetradic

#BD9656 #56BD63 #567DBD #BD56B1

square

#BD9656 #56BD63 #567DBD #BD56B1

split-complementary

#BD9656 #56B1BD #6356BD

monochromatic

#6E542B #9A763C #BD9656 #CEB182 #DFCDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BD9656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BD9656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9656

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9656	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)

#A69751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.095 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b487',
    500: '#bd9656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9656;
$custom-light: #d3b487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.282,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69573,
    "c": 0.09454,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9656

secondary

#A1B2CD

accent

#84D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9656

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

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