#BD9765#BD9765

#BD9765 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.081 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9765
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 101)
HSL	hsl(34, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 7.72, 31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 32.60, 76.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.0229 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.081 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4032, 33.8935, 17.0394)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9765 #658BBD

analogous

#BD6B65 #BD9765 #B7BD65

triadic

#BD9765 #65BD97 #9765BD

tetradic

#BD9765 #65BD6B #658BBD #BD65B7

square

#BD9765 #65BD6B #658BBD #BD65B7

split-complementary

#BD9765 #65B7BD #6B65BD

monochromatic

#755832 #A07945 #BD9765 #CFB490 #E2D1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD9765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BD9765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9765

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9765	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.081 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b591',
    500: '#bd9765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9765;
$custom-light: #d3b591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.091,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70011,
    "c": 0.08061,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9765

secondary

#ADBCD1

accent

#8CD058

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9765

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

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