#BD836D#BD836D

#BD836D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.079 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD836D
RGB	rgb(189, 131, 109)
HSL	hsl(17, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(17, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 42.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.03, 19.62, 20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.03, 28.65, 46.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.059 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.079 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8643, 28.1578, 18.2218)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD836D #6DA7BD

analogous

#BD6D7F #BD836D #BDAB6D

triadic

#BD836D #6DBD83 #836DBD

tetradic

#BD836D #7FBD6D #6DA7BD #AB6DBD

square

#BD836D #7FBD6D #6DA7BD #AB6DBD

split-complementary

#BD836D #6DBDAB #6D7FBD

monochromatic

#794937 #A3624A #BD836D #D0A797 #E3CBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BD836D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BD836D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD836D

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD836D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD836D	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)

#91896B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F956D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd836d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 131, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.079 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a797',
    500: '#bd836d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd836d;
$custom-light: #d3a797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd836d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.5,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66282,
    "c": 0.07893,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD836D

secondary

#B3CAD3

accent

#AECE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD836D

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

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