#BD8971#BD8971

#BD8971 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.073 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8971
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 113)
HSL	hsl(19, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(19, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 40.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, 16.75, 20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 26.64, 51.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% 0.0507 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.073 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9138, 29.9045, 19.6581)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8971 #71A5BD

analogous

#BD717F #BD8971 #BDAF71

triadic

#BD8971 #71BD89 #8971BD

tetradic

#BD8971 #7FBD71 #71A5BD #AF71BD

square

#BD8971 #7FBD71 #71A5BD #AF71BD

split-complementary

#BD8971 #71BDAF #717FBD

monochromatic

#7B4E39 #A4684C #BD8971 #D0AC9B #E4CEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BD8971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BD8971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8971

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8971	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.073 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab9a',
    500: '#bd8971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8971;
$custom-light: #d3ab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.947,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67501,
    "c": 0.07272,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8971

secondary

#B6CAD4

accent

#A9CD5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8971

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

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