#BD9B68#BD9B68

#BD9B68 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.079 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9B68
RGB	rgb(189, 155, 104)
HSL	hsl(36, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 45%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 5.84, 31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 31.98, 79.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0177 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.079 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2075, 35.2628, 18.0459)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9B68 #688ABD

analogous

#BD7068 #BD9B68 #B5BD68

triadic

#BD9B68 #68BD9B #9B68BD

tetradic

#BD9B68 #68BD70 #688ABD #BD68B5

square

#BD9B68 #68BD70 #688ABD #BD68B5

split-complementary

#BD9B68 #68B5BD #7068BD

monochromatic

#775C34 #A17D47 #BD9B68 #D0B793 #E2D3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BD9B68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9B68

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9B68	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89B64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 155, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.079 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b894',
    500: '#bd9b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9b68;
$custom-light: #d3b894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 39.171,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70869,
    "c": 0.07893,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9B68

secondary

#AFBDD2

accent

#88CF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9B68

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

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