#BD8161#BD8161

#BD8161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.087 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8161
RGB	rgb(189, 129, 97)
HSL	hsl(21, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(21, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 48.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, 19.46, 26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 33.02, 53.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% 0.0574 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.087 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9958, 27.3848, 14.9602)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8161 #619DBD

analogous

#BD616F #BD8161 #BDAF61

triadic

#BD8161 #61BD81 #8161BD

tetradic

#BD8161 #6FBD61 #619DBD #AF61BD

square

#BD8161 #6FBD61 #619DBD #AF61BD

split-complementary

#BD8161 #61BDAF #616FBD

monochromatic

#734830 #9F6242 #BD8161 #CFA38C #E1C6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BD8161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#BD8161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8161

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8161	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91875F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 129, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.087 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a68e',
    500: '#bd8161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8161;
$custom-light: #d3a68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.87,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65667,
    "c": 0.0872,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8161

secondary

#AAC3D0

accent

#A6D157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8161

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

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