#BD8A7D#BD8A7D

#BD8A7D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.066 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8A7D
RGB	rgb(189, 138, 125)
HSL	hsl(12, 33%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(12, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 33.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, 17.67, 14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 22.94, 39.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% 0.054 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.066 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7774, 30.4784, 23.5019)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8A7D #7DB0BD

analogous

#BD7D90 #BD8A7D #BDAA7D

triadic

#BD8A7D #7DBD8A #8A7DBD

tetradic

#BD8A7D #90BD7D #7DB0BD #AA7DBD

square

#BD8A7D #90BD7D #7DB0BD #AA7DBD

split-complementary

#BD8A7D #7DBDAA #7D90BD

monochromatic

#7F4D41 #A86655 #BD8A7D #D2AFA6 #E6D3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BD8A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BD8A7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8A7D

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8A7D	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 138, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.066 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2aca2',
    500: '#bd8a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8a7d;
$custom-light: #d2aca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.187,
    "s": 32.653,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67965,
    "c": 0.06577,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8A7D

secondary

#BFD2D7

accent

#94AB3A

background

#FDFAFA

surface

#FAF4F3

border

#D3CECD

text

#14100F

muted

#837F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8A7D

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

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