#BD9850#BD9850

#BD9850 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.101 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9850
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 80)
HSL	hsl(40, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 5.28, 42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 42.91, 82.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.0133 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.101 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6641, 33.8565, 12.3497)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9850 #5075BD

analogous

#BD6150 #BD9850 #ABBD50

triadic

#BD9850 #50BD98 #9850BD

tetradic

#BD9850 #50BD61 #5075BD #BD50AB

square

#BD9850 #50BD61 #5075BD #BD50AB

split-complementary

#BD9850 #50ABBD #6150BD

monochromatic

#6A5428 #977739 #BD9850 #CEB27C #DFCCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD9850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BD9850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9850

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9850	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.101 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b683',
    500: '#bd9850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9850;
$custom-light: #d4b683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.633,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69895,
    "c": 0.10081,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9850

secondary

#9DADCC

accent

#7FD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9850

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

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