#BD9863#BD9863

#BD9863 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.083 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9863
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 99)
HSL	hsl(35, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 6.97, 33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 33.75, 78.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0205 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.083 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4680, 34.1780, 16.5835)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9863 #6388BD

analogous

#BD6B63 #BD9863 #B5BD63

triadic

#BD9863 #63BD98 #9863BD

tetradic

#BD9863 #63BD6B #6388BD #BD63B5

square

#BD9863 #63BD6B #6388BD #BD63B5

split-complementary

#BD9863 #63B5BD #6B63BD

monochromatic

#745931 #9F7A43 #BD9863 #CFB48E #E1D1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD9863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BD9863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9863

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9863	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6995F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.083 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b690',
    500: '#bd9863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9863;
$custom-light: #d3b690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.333,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70178,
    "c": 0.08285,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9863

secondary

#ABBBD0

accent

#89D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9863

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

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