#BD9657#BD9657

#BD9657 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.094 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9657
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, 6.95, 38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 39.12, 79.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% 0.0191 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.094 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6145, 33.3216, 13.6762)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9657 #577EBD

analogous

#BD6357 #BD9657 #B1BD57

triadic

#BD9657 #57BD96 #9657BD

tetradic

#BD9657 #57BD63 #577EBD #BD57B1

square

#BD9657 #57BD63 #577EBD #BD57B1

split-complementary

#BD9657 #57B1BD #6357BD

monochromatic

#6E552B #9A763D #BD9657 #CEB183 #E0CDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BD9657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BD9657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9657

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9657	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)

#A69752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.094 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b488',
    500: '#bd9657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9657;
$custom-light: #d3b488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69587,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9657

secondary

#A2B3CE

accent

#85D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9657

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

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