#BD9961#BD9961

#BD9961 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.085 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9961
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 6.23, 34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 34.94, 79.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0181 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.085 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5365, 34.4662, 16.1405)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9961 #6185BD

analogous

#BD6B61 #BD9961 #B3BD61

triadic

#BD9961 #61BD99 #9961BD

tetradic

#BD9961 #61BD6B #6185BD #BD61B3

square

#BD9961 #61BD6B #6185BD #BD61B3

split-complementary

#BD9961 #61B3BD #6B61BD

monochromatic

#735930 #9F7A42 #BD9961 #CFB58C #E1D1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BD9961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9961

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9961	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)

#A7995D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.085 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b68f',
    500: '#bd9961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9961;
$custom-light: #d3b68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70347,
    "c": 0.08516,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9961

secondary

#AAB9D0

accent

#87D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9961

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

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