#BD993D#BD993D

#BD993D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.117 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD993D
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 61)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 67.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 3.43, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 51.81, 86.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0054 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.117 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2216, 33.9403, 9.2153)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD993D #3D61BD

analogous

#BD593D #BD993D #A1BD3D

triadic

#BD993D #3DBD99 #993DBD

tetradic

#BD993D #3DBD59 #3D61BD #BD3DA1

square

#BD993D #3DBD59 #3D61BD #BD3DA1

split-complementary

#BD993D #3DA1BD #593DBD

monochromatic

#604E1F #8F742E #BD993D #CEB269 #DDCA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD993D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BD993D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD993D

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD993D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD993D	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)

#AA9832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd993d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.117 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b677',
    500: '#bd993d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd993d;
$custom-light: #d5b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd993d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69885,
    "c": 0.11698,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD993D

secondary

#8D9EC9

accent

#75DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD993D

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

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