#BD9C50#BD9C50

#BD9C50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.103 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C50
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 3.10, 43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 43.91, 85.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0069 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.103 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3243, 35.1769, 12.5697)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C50 #5071BD

analogous

#BD6650 #BD9C50 #A7BD50

triadic

#BD9C50 #50BD9C #9C50BD

tetradic

#BD9C50 #50BD66 #5071BD #BD50A7

square

#BD9C50 #50BD66 #5071BD #BD50A7

split-complementary

#BD9C50 #50A7BD #6650BD

monochromatic

#6A5628 #977A39 #BD9C50 #CEB57C #DFCEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BD9C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C50

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C50	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)

#AC9B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.103 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b983',
    500: '#bd9c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c50;
$custom-light: #d4b983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.835,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70711,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C50

secondary

#9DABCC

accent

#7AD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C50

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

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