#BD994B#BD994B

#BD994B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.106 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD994B
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 75)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 4.35, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 45.50, 84.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0099 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.106 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6492, 34.1113, 11.4670)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD994B #4B6FBD

analogous

#BD604B #BD994B #A8BD4B

triadic

#BD994B #4BBD99 #994BBD

tetradic

#BD994B #4BBD60 #4B6FBD #BD4BA8

square

#BD994B #4BBD60 #4B6FBD #BD4BA8

split-complementary

#BD994B #4BA8BD #604BBD

monochromatic

#685326 #947736 #BD994B #CDB278 #DECCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD994B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BD994B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD994B

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD994B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD994B	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd994b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.106 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b680',
    500: '#bd994b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd994b;
$custom-light: #d4b680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd994b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70036,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD994B

secondary

#99A9CB

accent

#7CD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD994B

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

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