#BD9F52#BD9F52

#BD9F52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.103 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F52
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 82)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 56.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 1.64, 43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 43.78, 87.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0029 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.103 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9089, 36.2261, 13.1346)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F52 #5270BD

analogous

#BD6952 #BD9F52 #A5BD52

triadic

#BD9F52 #52BD9F #9F52BD

tetradic

#BD9F52 #52BD69 #5270BD #BD52A5

square

#BD9F52 #52BD69 #5270BD #BD52A5

split-complementary

#BD9F52 #52A5BD #6952BD

monochromatic

#6C5929 #987E3A #BD9F52 #CEB87E #DFD0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BD9F52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BD9F52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F52

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F52	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.103 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb85',
    500: '#bd9f52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f52;
$custom-light: #d3bb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.178,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71353,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F52

secondary

#9EABCC

accent

#78D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F52

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

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