#BD9954#BD9954

#BD9954 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.098 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9954
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 84)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 55.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 5.06, 40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 41.24, 82.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0131 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.098 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9793, 34.2433, 13.2057)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9954 #5478BD

analogous

#BD6454 #BD9954 #ACBD54

triadic

#BD9954 #54BD99 #9954BD

tetradic

#BD9954 #54BD64 #5478BD #BD54AC

square

#BD9954 #54BD64 #5478BD #BD54AC

split-complementary

#BD9954 #54ACBD #6454BD

monochromatic

#6D562A #99793B #BD9954 #CEB380 #DFCEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BD9954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BD9954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9954

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9954	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)

#A9994E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.098 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b686',
    500: '#bd9954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9954;
$custom-light: #d3b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70152,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9954

secondary

#A0AFCD

accent

#80D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9954

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

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