#BD993F#BD993F

#BD993F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD993F
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 63)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 66.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 3.55, 50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 50.94, 86.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.006 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.115 87)
XYZ	xyz(33.2765, 33.9622, 9.5043)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD993F #3F63BD

analogous

#BD5A3F #BD993F #A2BD3F

triadic

#BD993F #3FBD99 #993FBD

tetradic

#BD993F #3FBD5A #3F63BD #BD3FA2

square

#BD993F #3FBD5A #3F63BD #BD3FA2

split-complementary

#BD993F #3FA2BD #5A3FBD

monochromatic

#614F20 #8F7430 #BD993F #CEB26B #DDCA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BD993F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BD993F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD993F

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD993F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD993F	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)

#AA9835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd993f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b678',
    500: '#bd993f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd993f;
$custom-light: #d4b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd993f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69905,
    "c": 0.11548,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.3396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD993F

secondary

#8F9FC9

accent

#76DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD993F

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

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