#BD993B#BD993B

#BD993B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.118 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD993B
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 68.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 3.32, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 52.67, 86.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% 0.0049 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.118 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1688, 33.9191, 8.9368)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD993B #3B5FBD

analogous

#BD583B #BD993B #A0BD3B

triadic

#BD993B #3BBD99 #993BBD

tetradic

#BD993B #3BBD58 #3B5FBD #BD3BA0

square

#BD993B #3BBD58 #3B5FBD #BD3BA0

split-complementary

#BD993B #3BA0BD #583BBD

monochromatic

#604D1E #8E732C #BD993B #CFB266 #DECA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BD993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD993B

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD993B	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)

#AA982F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.118 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b676',
    500: '#bd993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd993b;
$custom-light: #d5b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.385,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69867,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD993B

secondary

#8B9CC9

accent

#74DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD993B

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

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