#BD9959#BD9959

#BD9959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.093 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9959
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 5.49, 38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 38.82, 81.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% 0.015 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.093 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1822, 34.3245, 14.2741)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9959 #597DBD

analogous

#BD6759 #BD9959 #AFBD59

triadic

#BD9959 #59BD99 #9959BD

tetradic

#BD9959 #59BD67 #597DBD #BD59AF

square

#BD9959 #59BD67 #597DBD #BD59AF

split-complementary

#BD9959 #59AFBD #6759BD

monochromatic

#6F572C #9B793E #BD9959 #CEB485 #E0CFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD9959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BD9959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9959

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9959	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)

#A89954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.093 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b689',
    500: '#bd9959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9959;
$custom-light: #d3b689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70223,
    "c": 0.09291,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9959

secondary

#A4B3CE

accent

#82D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9959

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

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