#BD9D72#BD9D72

#BD9D72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.069 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9D72
RGB	rgb(189, 157, 114)
HSL	hsl(34, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, 5.86, 26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 27.56, 77.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.0185 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.069 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0815, 36.1493, 20.9933)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9D72 #7292BD

analogous

#BD7872 #BD9D72 #B8BD72

triadic

#BD9D72 #72BD9D #9D72BD

tetradic

#BD9D72 #72BD78 #7292BD #BD72B8

square

#BD9D72 #72BD78 #7292BD #BD72B8

split-complementary

#BD9D72 #72B8BD #7872BD

monochromatic

#7B5F3A #A57F4D #BD9D72 #D1BA9C #E4D7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BD9D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BD9D72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9D72

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9D72	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 157, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.069 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b99b',
    500: '#bd9d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9d72;
$custom-light: #d2b99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.4,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71457,
    "c": 0.06941,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9D72

secondary

#B7C3D4

accent

#8CCC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9D72

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

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