#BD9852#BD9852

#BD9852 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.099 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9852
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 82)
HSL	hsl(39, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, 5.44, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 41.96, 82.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% 0.014 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.099 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7391, 33.8865, 12.7447)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9852 #5277BD

analogous

#BD6252 #BD9852 #ADBD52

triadic

#BD9852 #52BD98 #9852BD

tetradic

#BD9852 #52BD62 #5277BD #BD52AD

square

#BD9852 #52BD62 #5277BD #BD52AD

split-complementary

#BD9852 #52ADBD #6252BD

monochromatic

#6C5529 #98773A #BD9852 #CEB27E #DFCDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD9852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BD9852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9852

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9852	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)

#A8984C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.099 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b684',
    500: '#bd9852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9852;
$custom-light: #d4b684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.252,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69921,
    "c": 0.099,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9852

secondary

#9EAECC

accent

#80D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9852

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

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