#BD993C#BD993C

#BD993C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.118 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD993C
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 60)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 68.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 3.38, 52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 52.24, 86.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0052 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.118 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1949, 33.9296, 9.0748)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD993C #3C60BD

analogous

#BD593C #BD993C #A1BD3C

triadic

#BD993C #3CBD99 #993CBD

tetradic

#BD993C #3CBD59 #3C60BD #BD3CA1

square

#BD993C #3CBD59 #3C60BD #BD3CA1

split-complementary

#BD993C #3CA1BD #593CBD

monochromatic

#604E1F #8F732D #BD993C #CFB267 #DECA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD993C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BD993C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD993C

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD993C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD993C	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)

#AA9831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd993c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.118 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b676',
    500: '#bd993c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd993c;
$custom-light: #d5b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd993c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.256,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69876,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD993C

secondary

#8C9DC9

accent

#74DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD993C

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

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