#BD9E50#BD9E50

#BD9E50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.104 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E50
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 57.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 2.02, 44.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 44.45, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.0038 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.104 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6626, 35.8536, 12.6825)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E50 #506FBD

analogous

#BD6850 #BD9E50 #A5BD50

triadic

#BD9E50 #50BD9E #9E50BD

tetradic

#BD9E50 #50BD68 #506FBD #BD50A5

square

#BD9E50 #50BD68 #506FBD #BD50A5

split-complementary

#BD9E50 #50A5BD #6850BD

monochromatic

#6A5828 #977C39 #BD9E50 #CEB77C #DFCFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD9E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BD9E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E50

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E50	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.104 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba83',
    500: '#bd9e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e50;
$custom-light: #d4ba83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.936,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71122,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E50

secondary

#9DAACC

accent

#78D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E50

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

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