#BD9965#BD9965

#BD9965 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.081 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9965
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 101)
HSL	hsl(35, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 46.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 6.63, 32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 33.00, 78.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% 0.0197 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.081 76)
XYZ	xyz(34.7278, 34.5427, 17.1476)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9965 #6589BD

analogous

#BD6D65 #BD9965 #B5BD65

triadic

#BD9965 #65BD99 #9965BD

tetradic

#BD9965 #65BD6D #6589BD #BD65B5

square

#BD9965 #65BD6D #6589BD #BD65B5

split-complementary

#BD9965 #65B5BD #6D65BD

monochromatic

#755A32 #A07B45 #BD9965 #CFB590 #E2D2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BD9965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9965

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9965	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79A61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.081 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b791',
    500: '#bd9965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9965;
$custom-light: #d3b791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.455,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70413,
    "c": 0.08121,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.34541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9965

secondary

#ADBCD1

accent

#89D058

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9965

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

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