#BD9C52#BD9C52

#BD9C52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.101 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C52
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 82)
HSL	hsl(41, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 3.26, 42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 42.95, 85.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% 0.0076 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.101 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3993, 35.2069, 12.9647)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C52 #5273BD

analogous

#BD6652 #BD9C52 #A9BD52

triadic

#BD9C52 #52BD9C #9C52BD

tetradic

#BD9C52 #52BD66 #5273BD #BD52A9

square

#BD9C52 #52BD66 #5273BD #BD52A9

split-complementary

#BD9C52 #52A9BD #6652BD

monochromatic

#6C5729 #987B3A #BD9C52 #CEB57E #DFCFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BD9C52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C52

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C52	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)

#AC9B4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.101 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b985',
    500: '#bd9c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c52;
$custom-light: #d3b985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.495,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70737,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C52

secondary

#9EADCC

accent

#7BD453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C52

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

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