#BD993E#BD993E

#BD993E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.116 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD993E
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 62)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 67.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 3.49, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 51.38, 86.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.0057 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.116 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2488, 33.9511, 9.3585)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD993E #3E62BD

analogous

#BD5A3E #BD993E #A2BD3E

triadic

#BD993E #3EBD99 #993EBD

tetradic

#BD993E #3EBD5A #3E62BD #BD3EA2

square

#BD993E #3EBD5A #3E62BD #BD3EA2

split-complementary

#BD993E #3EA2BD #5A3EBD

monochromatic

#614E20 #8F742F #BD993E #CEB26A #DDCA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD993E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BD993E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD993E

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD993E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD993E	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)

#AA9833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd993e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.116 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b678',
    500: '#bd993e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd993e;
$custom-light: #d4b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd993e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.992,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69895,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD993E

secondary

#8E9FC9

accent

#76DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD993E

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

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