#BD9C53#BD9C53

#BD9C53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.100 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C53
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 83)
HSL	hsl(41, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 56.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 3.34, 42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 42.47, 85.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.008 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.1 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4376, 35.2222, 13.1666)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C53 #5374BD

analogous

#BD6753 #BD9C53 #A9BD53

triadic

#BD9C53 #53BD9C #9C53BD

tetradic

#BD9C53 #53BD67 #5374BD #BD53A9

square

#BD9C53 #53BD67 #5374BD #BD53A9

split-complementary

#BD9C53 #53A9BD #6753BD

monochromatic

#6C5729 #987B3A #BD9C53 #CEB57F #DFCFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BD9C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C53

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C53	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)

#AB9B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.100 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b985',
    500: '#bd9c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c53;
$custom-light: #d3b985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.321,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7075,
    "c": 0.10005,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C53

secondary

#9FADCD

accent

#7CD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C53

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

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