#BD8969#BD8969

#BD8969 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.078 H 52.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8969
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 105)
HSL	hsl(23, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(23, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 44.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, 15.86, 24.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 29.59, 57.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.0474 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.078 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4831, 29.7322, 17.3899)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8969 #699DBD

analogous

#BD6973 #BD8969 #BDB369

triadic

#BD8969 #69BD89 #8969BD

tetradic

#BD8969 #73BD69 #699DBD #B369BD

square

#BD8969 #73BD69 #699DBD #B369BD

split-complementary

#BD8969 #69BDB3 #6973BD

monochromatic

#774E34 #A26A47 #BD8969 #D0AA93 #E2CCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BD8969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#BD8969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8969

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8969	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988E67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.078 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab94',
    500: '#bd8969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8969;
$custom-light: #d3ab94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.857,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67337,
    "c": 0.07805,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8969

secondary

#B0C5D2

accent

#A2CF59

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F1

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8969

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

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