#BD9853#BD9853

#BD9853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.098 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9853
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 83)
HSL	hsl(39, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 5.52, 41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 41.48, 82.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.0144 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.098 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7774, 33.9018, 12.9465)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9853 #5378BD

analogous

#BD6353 #BD9853 #ADBD53

triadic

#BD9853 #53BD98 #9853BD

tetradic

#BD9853 #53BD63 #5378BD #BD53AD

square

#BD9853 #53BD63 #5378BD #BD53AD

split-complementary

#BD9853 #53ADBD #6353BD

monochromatic

#6C5529 #98783A #BD9853 #CEB27F #DFCDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD9853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BD9853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9853

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9853	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)

#A8984D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.098 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b685',
    500: '#bd9853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9853;
$custom-light: #d3b685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.057,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69935,
    "c": 0.09809,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9853

secondary

#9FAFCD

accent

#80D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9853

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

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