#BD9956#BD9956

#BD9956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.096 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9956
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 54.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 5.22, 39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 40.27, 82.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0139 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.096 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0587, 34.2751, 13.6241)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9956 #567ABD

analogous

#BD6656 #BD9956 #AEBD56

triadic

#BD9956 #56BD99 #9956BD

tetradic

#BD9956 #56BD66 #567ABD #BD56AE

square

#BD9956 #56BD66 #567ABD #BD56AE

split-complementary

#BD9956 #56AEBD #6656BD

monochromatic

#6E562B #9A793C #BD9956 #CEB482 #DFCEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BD9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9956

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9956	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#A89950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.096 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b687',
    500: '#bd9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9956;
$custom-light: #d3b687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.029,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70179,
    "c": 0.09575,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9956

secondary

#A1B1CD

accent

#81D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9956

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

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