#BD9960#BD9960

#BD9960 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.086 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9960
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 96)
HSL	hsl(37, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 49.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 6.13, 34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 35.42, 80.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0177 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.086 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4902, 34.4477, 15.8965)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9960 #6084BD

analogous

#BD6A60 #BD9960 #B2BD60

triadic

#BD9960 #60BD99 #9960BD

tetradic

#BD9960 #60BD6A #6084BD #BD60B2

square

#BD9960 #60BD6A #6084BD #BD60B2

split-complementary

#BD9960 #60B2BD #6A60BD

monochromatic

#735930 #9E7A42 #BD9960 #CFB58B #E1D0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BD9960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9960

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9960	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7995B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.086 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b68e',
    500: '#bd9960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9960;
$custom-light: #d3b68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.774,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7033,
    "c": 0.08614,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9960

secondary

#A9B8D0

accent

#86D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9960

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

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