#BD9B66#BD9B66

#BD9B66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.081 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B66
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 102)
HSL	hsl(37, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 46%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 5.64, 32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 32.95, 80.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0169 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.081 78)
XYZ	xyz(35.1071, 35.2226, 17.5172)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B66 #6688BD

analogous

#BD7066 #BD9B66 #B3BD66

triadic

#BD9B66 #66BD9B #9B66BD

tetradic

#BD9B66 #66BD70 #6688BD #BD66B3

square

#BD9B66 #66BD70 #6688BD #BD66B3

split-complementary

#BD9B66 #66B3BD #7066BD

monochromatic

#765C33 #A17D45 #BD9B66 #CFB791 #E2D3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9B66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BD9B66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B66

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B66	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99B62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.081 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b892',
    500: '#bd9b66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b66;
$custom-light: #d3b892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.552,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70834,
    "c": 0.08096,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.35221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B66

secondary

#AEBCD1

accent

#87D058

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B66

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

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