#BD836C#BD836C

#BD836C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.079 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD836C
RGB	rgb(189, 131, 108)
HSL	hsl(17, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(17, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 42.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 19.51, 21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 28.97, 47.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.0586 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.079 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8107, 28.1364, 17.9399)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD836C #6CA6BD

analogous

#BD6C7D #BD836C #BDAB6C

triadic

#BD836C #6CBD83 #836CBD

tetradic

#BD836C #7DBD6C #6CA6BD #AB6CBD

square

#BD836C #7DBD6C #6CA6BD #AB6CBD

split-complementary

#BD836C #6CBDAB #6C7DBD

monochromatic

#784936 #A36349 #BD836C #D0A796 #E3CAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BD836C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BD836C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD836C

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD836C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD836C	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92896A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F956C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd836c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 131, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.079 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a796',
    500: '#bd836c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd836c;
$custom-light: #d3a796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd836c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.037,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66261,
    "c": 0.07947,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD836C

secondary

#B2C9D3

accent

#ADCE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD836C

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