#BD8166#BD8166

#BD8166 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.084 H 45.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8166
RGB	rgb(189, 129, 102)
HSL	hsl(19, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(19, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 46%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 19.97, 23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 31.22, 50.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.0595 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.084 45)
XYZ	xyz(31.2363, 27.4810, 16.2270)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8166 #66A2BD

analogous

#BD6677 #BD8166 #BDAD66

triadic

#BD8166 #66BD81 #8166BD

tetradic

#BD8166 #77BD66 #66A2BD #AD66BD

square

#BD8166 #77BD66 #66A2BD #AD66BD

split-complementary

#BD8166 #66BDAD #6677BD

monochromatic

#764833 #A16245 #BD8166 #CFA491 #E2C7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BD8166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BD8166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8166

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8166	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918764

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 129, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.084 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a692',
    500: '#bd8166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8166;
$custom-light: #d3a692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.621,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65763,
    "c": 0.08418,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.27479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8166

secondary

#AEC6D1

accent

#ABD058

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8166

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

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