#BD995B#BD995B

#BD995B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.091 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD995B
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 91)
HSL	hsl(38, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 5.66, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 37.85, 81.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0158 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.091 80)
XYZ	xyz(34.2673, 34.3585, 14.7224)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD995B #5B7FBD

analogous

#BD685B #BD995B #B0BD5B

triadic

#BD995B #5BBD99 #995BBD

tetradic

#BD995B #5BBD68 #5B7FBD #BD5BB0

square

#BD995B #5BBD68 #5B7FBD #BD5BB0

split-complementary

#BD995B #5BB0BD #685BBD

monochromatic

#70582D #9C7A3F #BD995B #CFB487 #E0CFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD995B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BD995B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD995B

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD995B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD995B	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd995b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.091 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b68a',
    500: '#bd995b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd995b;
$custom-light: #d3b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd995b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.959,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70252,
    "c": 0.09099,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.34357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD995B

secondary

#A5B4CF

accent

#83D255

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD995B

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

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