#BD9661#BD9661

#BD9661 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.084 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9661
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 97)
HSL	hsl(35, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 7.87, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 34.32, 76.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% 0.0229 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.084 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0517, 33.4965, 15.9789)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9661 #6188BD

analogous

#BD6861 #BD9661 #B6BD61

triadic

#BD9661 #61BD96 #9661BD

tetradic

#BD9661 #61BD68 #6188BD #BD61B6

square

#BD9661 #61BD68 #6188BD #BD61B6

split-complementary

#BD9661 #61B6BD #6861BD

monochromatic

#735730 #9F7742 #BD9661 #CFB38C #E1CFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BD9661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BD9661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9661

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9661	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5975D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.084 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b48f',
    500: '#bd9661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9661;
$custom-light: #d3b48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.565,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69743,
    "c": 0.08419,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9661

secondary

#AABAD0

accent

#8BD157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9661

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

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