#BD9854#BD9854

#BD9854 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.097 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9854
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 84)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 55.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 5.60, 40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 41.00, 82.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0147 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.097 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8163, 33.9174, 13.1513)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9854 #5479BD

analogous

#BD6354 #BD9854 #ADBD54

triadic

#BD9854 #54BD98 #9854BD

tetradic

#BD9854 #54BD63 #5479BD #BD54AD

square

#BD9854 #54BD63 #5479BD #BD54AD

split-complementary

#BD9854 #54ADBD #6354BD

monochromatic

#6D552A #99783B #BD9854 #CEB380 #DFCDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD9854 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BD9854 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9854

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9854	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9854	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)

#A8984E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9854;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.097 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b686',
    500: '#bd9854',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9854;
$custom-light: #d3b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9854",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.857,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69949,
    "c": 0.09717,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9854

secondary

#A0B0CD

accent

#81D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9854

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

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