#BD9855#BD9855

#BD9855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.096 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9855
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 5.69, 40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 40.52, 81.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% 0.0151 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.096 81)
XYZ	xyz(33.8557, 33.9331, 13.3591)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9855 #557ABD

analogous

#BD6455 #BD9855 #AEBD55

triadic

#BD9855 #55BD98 #9855BD

tetradic

#BD9855 #55BD64 #557ABD #BD55AE

square

#BD9855 #55BD64 #557ABD #BD55AE

split-complementary

#BD9855 #55AEBD #6455BD

monochromatic

#6D552A #99783C #BD9855 #CEB381 #DFCDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD9855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BD9855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9855

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9855	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8984F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.096 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b686',
    500: '#bd9855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9855;
$custom-light: #d3b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.654,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69963,
    "c": 0.09624,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.33931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9855

secondary

#A1B0CD

accent

#81D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9855

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

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