#BD9958#BD9958

#BD9958 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.094 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9958
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 88)
HSL	hsl(39, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 53.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 5.40, 38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 39.31, 82.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.0146 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.094 81)
XYZ	xyz(34.1404, 34.3078, 14.0545)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9958 #587CBD

analogous

#BD6758 #BD9958 #AFBD58

triadic

#BD9958 #58BD99 #9958BD

tetradic

#BD9958 #58BD67 #587CBD #BD58AF

square

#BD9958 #58BD67 #587CBD #BD58AF

split-complementary

#BD9958 #58AFBD #6758BD

monochromatic

#6F572C #9B793D #BD9958 #CEB484 #E0CFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD9958 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BD9958 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9958

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9958	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9958	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9958;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.094 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b688',
    500: '#bd9958',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9958;
$custom-light: #d3b688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9958",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.614,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70208,
    "c": 0.09386,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.34306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9958

secondary

#A3B2CE

accent

#82D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9958

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

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