#BD8770#BD8770

#BD8770 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.075 H 44.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8770
RGB	rgb(189, 135, 112)
HSL	hsl(18, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(18, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 40.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 17.75, 20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 27.17, 49.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% 0.0536 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.075 44)
XYZ	xyz(32.5761, 29.3188, 19.2694)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8770 #70A6BD

analogous

#BD7080 #BD8770 #BDAE70

triadic

#BD8770 #70BD87 #8770BD

tetradic

#BD8770 #80BD70 #70A6BD #AE70BD

square

#BD8770 #80BD70 #70A6BD #AE70BD

split-complementary

#BD8770 #70BDAE #7080BD

monochromatic

#7A4C38 #A4664C #BD8770 #D0AA9A #E4CDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BD8770 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BD8770 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8770

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8770	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8770	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8770;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 135, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.075 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aa99',
    500: '#bd8770',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8770;
$custom-light: #d3aa99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8770",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.922,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.671,
    "c": 0.07453,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.29317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8770

secondary

#B5CAD4

accent

#ABCD5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8770

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

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