#BD9952#BD9952

#BD9952 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.099 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9952
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 82)
HSL	hsl(40, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 4.89, 41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 42.19, 83.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% 0.0124 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.099 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9021, 34.2125, 12.7990)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9952 #5276BD

analogous

#BD6352 #BD9952 #ABBD52

triadic

#BD9952 #52BD99 #9952BD

tetradic

#BD9952 #52BD63 #5276BD #BD52AB

square

#BD9952 #52BD63 #5276BD #BD52AB

split-complementary

#BD9952 #52ABBD #6352BD

monochromatic

#6C5529 #98783A #BD9952 #CEB37E #DFCDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD9952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BD9952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9952

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9952	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.099 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b684',
    500: '#bd9952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9952;
$custom-light: #d4b684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.813,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70125,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9952

secondary

#9EAECC

accent

#7FD453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9952

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

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