#BD8975#BD8975

#BD8975 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.070 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8975
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 117)
HSL	hsl(17, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(17, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 38.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, 17.23, 18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 25.33, 47.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% 0.0524 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.07 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1440, 29.9966, 20.8704)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8975 #75A9BD

analogous

#BD7585 #BD8975 #BDAD75

triadic

#BD8975 #75BD89 #8975BD

tetradic

#BD8975 #85BD75 #75A9BD #AD75BD

square

#BD8975 #85BD75 #75A9BD #AD75BD

split-complementary

#BD8975 #75BDAD #7585BD

monochromatic

#7C4D3B #A6674F #BD8975 #D1AC9E #E5D0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BD8975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#BD8975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8975

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8975	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.070 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab9c',
    500: '#bd8975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8975;
$custom-light: #d2ab9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.667,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67589,
    "c": 0.07039,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8975

secondary

#B9CDD5

accent

#ADCB5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8975

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

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