#BD8972#BD8972

#BD8972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.072 H 44.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8972
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(18, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(18, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 39.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, 16.87, 20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 26.30, 50.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% 0.0511 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.072 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9704, 29.9271, 19.9563)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8972 #72A6BD

analogous

#BD7281 #BD8972 #BDAF72

triadic

#BD8972 #72BD89 #8972BD

tetradic

#BD8972 #81BD72 #72A6BD #AF72BD

square

#BD8972 #81BD72 #72A6BD #AF72BD

split-complementary

#BD8972 #72BDAF #7281BD

monochromatic

#7B4E3A #A5684D #BD8972 #D1AC9C #E4CFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BD8972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#BD8972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8972

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8972	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.072 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab9a',
    500: '#bd8972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8972;
$custom-light: #d3ab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.4,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67523,
    "c": 0.07212,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8972

secondary

#B7CBD4

accent

#AACC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8972

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

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