#BD9963#BD9963

#BD9963 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.083 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9963
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 99)
HSL	hsl(36, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 47.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 6.43, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 33.97, 79.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0189 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.083 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6310, 34.5040, 16.6378)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9963 #6387BD

analogous

#BD6C63 #BD9963 #B4BD63

triadic

#BD9963 #63BD99 #9963BD

tetradic

#BD9963 #63BD6C #6387BD #BD63B4

square

#BD9963 #63BD6C #6387BD #BD63B4

split-complementary

#BD9963 #63B4BD #6C63BD

monochromatic

#745A31 #9F7B43 #BD9963 #CFB58E #E1D1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BD9963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9963

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9963	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.083 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b690',
    500: '#bd9963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9963;
$custom-light: #d3b690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70379,
    "c": 0.08319,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9963

secondary

#ABBAD0

accent

#88D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9963

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

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