#BD9964#BD9964

#BD9964 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.082 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9964
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 100)
HSL	hsl(36, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 47.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 6.53, 32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 33.48, 78.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0193 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.082 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6791, 34.5233, 16.8911)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9964 #6488BD

analogous

#BD6D64 #BD9964 #B5BD64

triadic

#BD9964 #64BD99 #9964BD

tetradic

#BD9964 #64BD6D #6488BD #BD64B5

square

#BD9964 #64BD6D #6488BD #BD64B5

split-complementary

#BD9964 #64B5BD #6D64BD

monochromatic

#755A32 #A07B44 #BD9964 #CFB58F #E2D1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9964 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BD9964 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9964

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9964	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9964	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)

#A79A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9964;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.082 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b691',
    500: '#bd9964',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9964;
$custom-light: #d3b691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9964",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.73,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70396,
    "c": 0.0822,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9964

secondary

#ACBBD1

accent

#88D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9964

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

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