#BD995C#BD995C

#BD995C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.090 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD995C
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 92)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 51.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 5.76, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 37.37, 81.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% 0.0161 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.09 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3107, 34.3759, 14.9511)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD995C #5C80BD

analogous

#BD695C #BD995C #B0BD5C

triadic

#BD995C #5CBD99 #995CBD

tetradic

#BD995C #5CBD69 #5C80BD #BD5CB0

square

#BD995C #5CBD69 #5C80BD #BD5CB0

split-complementary

#BD995C #5CB0BD #695CBD

monochromatic

#71582E #9C7A3F #BD995C #CFB488 #E0D0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD995C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BD995C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD995C

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD995C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD995C	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)

#A89957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd995c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.090 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b68b',
    500: '#bd995c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd995c;
$custom-light: #d3b68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd995c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.732,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70268,
    "c": 0.09003,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD995C

secondary

#A6B5CF

accent

#84D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD995C

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

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