#BD8A79#BD8A79

#BD8A79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.068 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A79
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(15, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(15, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 36%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, 17.16, 16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 23.99, 44.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% 0.0524 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.068 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5270, 30.3783, 22.1831)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A79 #79ACBD

analogous

#BD798A #BD8A79 #BDAC79

triadic

#BD8A79 #79BD8A #8A79BD

tetradic

#BD8A79 #8ABD79 #79ACBD #AC79BD

square

#BD8A79 #8ABD79 #79ACBD #AC79BD

split-complementary

#BD8A79 #79BDAC #798ABD

monochromatic

#7E4E3E #A76752 #BD8A79 #D1AEA2 #E5D2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BD8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#BD8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A79

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A79	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.068 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac9f',
    500: '#bd8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a79;
$custom-light: #d2ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67871,
    "c": 0.06758,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A79

secondary

#BCCFD6

accent

#90AD39

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A79

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

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