#BD9D5C#BD9D5C

#BD9D5C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.092 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D5C
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 92)
HSL	hsl(40, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 51.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 3.58, 38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 38.37, 84.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% 0.0098 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.092 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9764, 35.7073, 15.1730)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D5C #5C7CBD

analogous

#BD6C5C #BD9D5C #ADBD5C

triadic

#BD9D5C #5CBD9D #9D5CBD

tetradic

#BD9D5C #5CBD6C #5C7CBD #BD5CAD

square

#BD9D5C #5CBD6C #5C7CBD #BD5CAD

split-complementary

#BD9D5C #5CADBD #6C5CBD

monochromatic

#715B2E #9C7E3F #BD9D5C #CFB788 #E0D1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BD9D5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BD9D5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D5C

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D5C	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.092 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b98b',
    500: '#bd9d5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d5c;
$custom-light: #d3b98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.206,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71081,
    "c": 0.09194,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D5C

secondary

#A6B3CF

accent

#7FD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D5C

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

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