#BD8977#BD8977

#BD8977 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.069 H 39.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8977
RGB	rgb(189, 137, 119)
HSL	hsl(15, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(15, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 37%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, 17.47, 17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 24.73, 45.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% 0.0532 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.069 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2628, 30.0441, 21.4963)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8977 #77ABBD

analogous

#BD7788 #BD8977 #BDAC77

triadic

#BD8977 #77BD89 #8977BD

tetradic

#BD8977 #88BD77 #77ABBD #AC77BD

square

#BD8977 #88BD77 #77ABBD #AC77BD

split-complementary

#BD8977 #77BDAC #7788BD

monochromatic

#7D4D3D #A66751 #BD8977 #D1ADA0 #E5D1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#BD8977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#BD8977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8977

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8977	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 137, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.069 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab9e',
    500: '#bd8977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8977;
$custom-light: #d2ab9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.429,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67634,
    "c": 0.06934,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8977

secondary

#BBCED5

accent

#8FAD38

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8977

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

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