#BD995E#BD995E

#BD995E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.088 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD995E
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 94)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 5.94, 35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 36.40, 80.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0169 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.088 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3993, 34.4113, 15.4177)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD995E #5E82BD

analogous

#BD695E #BD995E #B1BD5E

triadic

#BD995E #5EBD99 #995EBD

tetradic

#BD995E #5EBD69 #5E82BD #BD5EB1

square

#BD995E #5EBD69 #5E82BD #BD5EB1

split-complementary

#BD995E #5EB1BD #695EBD

monochromatic

#72582F #9D7A40 #BD995E #CFB489 #E1D0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD995E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BD995E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD995E

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD995E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD995E	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd995e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.088 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b68d',
    500: '#bd995e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd995e;
$custom-light: #d3b68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd995e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.263,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70299,
    "c": 0.08809,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD995E

secondary

#A8B7CF

accent

#85D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD995E

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

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