#BD9178#BD9178

#BD9178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.064 H 50.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9178
RGB	rgb(189, 145, 120)
HSL	hsl(22, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(22, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 36.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, 13.17, 19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 23.68, 56.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% 0.0404 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.064 50.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5028, 32.4276, 22.2075)
Luminance	0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9178 #78A4BD

analogous

#BD7881 #BD9178 #BDB378

triadic

#BD9178 #78BD91 #9178BD

tetradic

#BD9178 #81BD78 #78A4BD #B378BD

square

#BD9178 #81BD78 #78A4BD #B378BD

split-complementary

#BD9178 #78BDB3 #7881BD

monochromatic

#7D543D #A67051 #BD9178 #D1B2A1 #E5D4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BD9178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BD9178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9178

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9178	1.00	2.81	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 145, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.064 50.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b19f',
    500: '#bd9178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9178;
$custom-light: #d2b19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.739,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69197,
    "c": 0.06414,
    "h": 50.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9178

secondary

#BBCCD6

accent

#83AD38

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF5F2

border

#D3CFCC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9178

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

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