#BD9D52#BD9D52

#BD9D52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.102 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BD9D52
RGBrgb(189, 157, 82)
HSLhsl(42, 45%, 53%)
HSVhsv(42, 57%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.9%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.17, 2.72, 43.14)
CIE-LCHlch(66.17, 43.22, 86.39°)
OKLaboklab(70.94% 0.0061 0.1014)
OKLCHoklch(70.94% 0.102 86.6)
XYZxyz(34.5678, 35.5438, 13.0209)
Luminance0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BD9D52 #5272BD
analogous
#BD6752 #BD9D52 #A7BD52
triadic
#BD9D52 #52BD9D #9D52BD
tetradic
#BD9D52 #52BD67 #5272BD #BD52A7
square
#BD9D52 #52BD67 #5272BD #BD52A7
split-complementary
#BD9D52 #52A7BD #6752BD
monochromatic
#6C5829 #987C3A #BD9D52 #CEB67E #DFCFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59
#BD9D52 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11
#BD9D52 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D52
8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BD9D52#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BD9D521.002.598.118.11
#FFFFFF2.591.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1121.001.001.00
##0000008.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AC9C4B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A455
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CB928C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bd9d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.102 86.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b985',
    500: '#bd9d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bd9d52;
$custom-light: #d3b985;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bd9d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.056,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70942,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BD9D52
secondary
#9EACCC
accent
#7AD453
background
#FDFBF8
surface
#FAF6EF
border
#D3D0CA
text
#14110B
muted
#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D52

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#BD9D52 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva