#BD9757#BD9757

#BD9757 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.094 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9757
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 6.40, 38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 39.33, 80.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0174 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.094 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7747, 33.6421, 13.7296)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9757 #577DBD

analogous

#BD6457 #BD9757 #B0BD57

triadic

#BD9757 #57BD97 #9757BD

tetradic

#BD9757 #57BD64 #577DBD #BD57B0

square

#BD9757 #57BD64 #577DBD #BD57B0

split-complementary

#BD9757 #57B0BD #6457BD

monochromatic

#6E552B #9A773D #BD9757 #CEB283 #E0CDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BD9757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BD9757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9757

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9757	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.094 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b588',
    500: '#bd9757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9757;
$custom-light: #d3b588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69789,
    "c": 0.09398,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9757

secondary

#A2B2CE

accent

#84D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9757

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

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