#BD9B50#BD9B50

#BD9B50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.102 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B50
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 80)
HSL	hsl(41, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, 3.65, 43.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 43.65, 85.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.0085 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.102 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1572, 34.8426, 12.5140)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B50 #5072BD

analogous

#BD6450 #BD9B50 #A9BD50

triadic

#BD9B50 #50BD9B #9B50BD

tetradic

#BD9B50 #50BD64 #5072BD #BD50A9

square

#BD9B50 #50BD64 #5072BD #BD50A9

split-complementary

#BD9B50 #50A9BD #6450BD

monochromatic

#6A5628 #977A39 #BD9B50 #CEB47C #DFCEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD9B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BD9B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B50

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B50	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.102 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b883',
    500: '#bd9b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b50;
$custom-light: #d4b883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.284,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70506,
    "c": 0.10227,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B50

secondary

#9DACCC

accent

#7BD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B50

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

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