#BD9E55#BD9E55

#BD9E55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.099 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E55
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 2.42, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 42.05, 86.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0056 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.099 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8543, 35.9303, 13.6919)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E55 #5574BD

analogous

#BD6A55 #BD9E55 #A8BD55

triadic

#BD9E55 #55BD9E #9E55BD

tetradic

#BD9E55 #55BD6A #5574BD #BD55A8

square

#BD9E55 #55BD6A #5574BD #BD55A8

split-complementary

#BD9E55 #55A8BD #6A55BD

monochromatic

#6D592A #997D3C #BD9E55 #CEB781 #DFD0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BD9E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BD9E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E55

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E55	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.099 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba87',
    500: '#bd9e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e55;
$custom-light: #d3ba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.115,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71187,
    "c": 0.09931,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E55

secondary

#A1AECD

accent

#7AD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E55

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

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