#BD994E#BD994E

#BD994E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.103 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD994E
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 4.58, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 44.09, 84.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.011 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.103 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7543, 34.1533, 12.0206)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD994E #4E72BD

analogous

#BD624E #BD994E #A9BD4E

triadic

#BD994E #4EBD99 #994EBD

tetradic

#BD994E #4EBD62 #4E72BD #BD4EA9

square

#BD994E #4EBD62 #4E72BD #BD4EA9

split-complementary

#BD994E #4EA9BD #624EBD

monochromatic

#695427 #967738 #BD994E #CEB37B #DECCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BD994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD994E

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD994E	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.103 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b682',
    500: '#bd994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd994e;
$custom-light: #d4b682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.541,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70073,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD994E

secondary

#9BABCC

accent

#7DD552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD994E

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

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