#BD9B59#BD9B59

#BD9B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.094 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B59
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 4.40, 39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 39.31, 83.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0118 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.094 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5122, 34.9847, 14.3841)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B59 #597BBD

analogous

#BD6959 #BD9B59 #ADBD59

triadic

#BD9B59 #59BD9B #9B59BD

tetradic

#BD9B59 #59BD69 #597BBD #BD59AD

square

#BD9B59 #59BD69 #597BBD #BD59AD

split-complementary

#BD9B59 #59ADBD #6959BD

monochromatic

#6F592C #9B7B3E #BD9B59 #CEB585 #E0D0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BD9B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BD9B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B59

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B59	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.094 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b889',
    500: '#bd9b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b59;
$custom-light: #d3b889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70629,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B59

secondary

#A4B2CE

accent

#80D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B59

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

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