#BD9953#BD9953

#BD9953 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.099 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9953
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 83)
HSL	hsl(40, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 4.97, 41.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 41.71, 83.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0128 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.099 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9404, 34.2278, 13.0009)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9953 #5377BD

analogous

#BD6453 #BD9953 #ACBD53

triadic

#BD9953 #53BD99 #9953BD

tetradic

#BD9953 #53BD64 #5377BD #BD53AC

square

#BD9953 #53BD64 #5377BD #BD53AC

split-complementary

#BD9953 #53ACBD #6453BD

monochromatic

#6C5529 #98783A #BD9953 #CEB37F #DFCDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD9953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BD9953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9953

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9953	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.099 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b685',
    500: '#bd9953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9953;
$custom-light: #d3b685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.623,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70138,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9953

secondary

#9FAFCD

accent

#7FD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9953

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

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