#BD9F74#BD9F74

#BD9F74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.068 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9F74
RGB	rgb(189, 159, 116)
HSL	hsl(35, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 5.00, 26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 27.04, 79.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0162 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.068 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5377, 36.8777, 21.7131)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9F74 #7492BD

analogous

#BD7A74 #BD9F74 #B7BD74

triadic

#BD9F74 #74BD9F #9F74BD

tetradic

#BD9F74 #74BD7A #7492BD #BD74B7

square

#BD9F74 #74BD7A #7492BD #BD74B7

split-complementary

#BD9F74 #74B7BD #7A74BD

monochromatic

#7C613B #A5824E #BD9F74 #D1BC9D #E4D8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BD9F74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BD9F74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9F74

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9F74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9F74	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 159, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.068 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb9c',
    500: '#bd9f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9f74;
$custom-light: #d2bb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.342,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71901,
    "c": 0.06808,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9F74

secondary

#B8C4D5

accent

#8ACC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9F74

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

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