#BD9857#BD9857

#BD9857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.094 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BD9857
RGBrgb(189, 152, 87)
HSLhsl(38, 44%, 54%)
HSVhsv(38, 54%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.6%, 54%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(64.94, 5.86, 39.12)
CIE-LCHlch(64.94, 39.56, 81.49°)
OKLaboklab(69.99% 0.0158 0.093)
OKLCHoklch(69.99% 0.094 80.3)
XYZxyz(33.9363, 33.9654, 13.7835)
Luminance0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BD9857 #577CBD
analogous
#BD6557 #BD9857 #AFBD57
triadic
#BD9857 #57BD98 #9857BD
tetradic
#BD9857 #57BD65 #577CBD #BD57AF
square
#BD9857 #57BD65 #577CBD #BD57AF
split-complementary
#BD9857 #57AFBD #6557BD
monochromatic
#6E562B #9A783D #BD9857 #CEB383 #E0CEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69
#BD9857 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79
#BD9857 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9857
7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BD9857#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BD98571.002.697.797.79
#FFFFFF2.691.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7921.001.001.00
##0000007.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A79851
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0A159
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CB8D89
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bd9857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.094 80.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b688',
    500: '#bd9857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bd9857;
$custom-light: #d3b688;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bd9857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.235,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69991,
    "c": 0.09438,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BD9857
secondary
#A2B2CE
accent
#82D354
background
#FDFBF8
surface
#FAF6F0
border
#D3D0CB
text
#14110B
muted
#83807C

Preview Lab

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#BD9857 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva