#BD9E4E#BD9E4E

#BD9E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.106 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E4E
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 1.87, 45.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 45.40, 87.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% 0.0031 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.106 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5898, 35.8245, 12.2991)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E4E #4E6DBD

analogous

#BD664E #BD9E4E #A5BD4E

triadic

#BD9E4E #4EBD9E #9E4EBD

tetradic

#BD9E4E #4EBD66 #4E6DBD #BD4EA5

square

#BD9E4E #4EBD66 #4E6DBD #BD4EA5

split-complementary

#BD9E4E #4EA5BD #664EBD

monochromatic

#695727 #967C38 #BD9E4E #CEB67B #DECFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD9E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BD9E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E4E

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E4E	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.106 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba82',
    500: '#bd9e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e4e;
$custom-light: #d4ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.243,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71097,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E4E

secondary

#9BA9CC

accent

#77D552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E4E

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

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