#BD994F#BD994F

#BD994F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.102 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD994F
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 79)
HSL	hsl(40, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 58.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 4.66, 43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 43.62, 83.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0113 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.102 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7904, 34.1678, 12.2109)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD994F #4F73BD

analogous

#BD624F #BD994F #AABD4F

triadic

#BD994F #4FBD99 #994FBD

tetradic

#BD994F #4FBD62 #4F73BD #BD4FAA

square

#BD994F #4FBD62 #4F73BD #BD4FAA

split-complementary

#BD994F #4FAABD #624FBD

monochromatic

#6A5428 #967838 #BD994F #CEB37C #DECDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD994F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BD994F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD994F

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD994F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD994F	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)

#A99948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd994f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.102 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b682',
    500: '#bd994f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd994f;
$custom-light: #d4b682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd994f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.364,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70085,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD994F

secondary

#9CACCC

accent

#7DD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD994F

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

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