#BD9474#BD9474

#BD9474 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.067 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9474
RGB	rgb(189, 148, 116)
HSL	hsl(26, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(26, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, 11.03, 22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 25.34, 64.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% 0.0339 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.067 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7296, 33.2614, 21.1104)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9474 #749DBD

analogous

#BD7479 #BD9474 #BDB874

triadic

#BD9474 #74BD94 #9474BD

tetradic

#BD9474 #79BD74 #749DBD #B874BD

square

#BD9474 #79BD74 #749DBD #B874BD

split-complementary

#BD9474 #74BDB8 #7479BD

monochromatic

#7C573B #A5754E #BD9474 #D1B49D #E4D4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BD9474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BD9474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9474

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9474	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 148, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.067 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b39c',
    500: '#bd9474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9474;
$custom-light: #d2b39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.301,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.697,
    "c": 0.06651,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9474

secondary

#B8C8D5

accent

#9BCC5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9474

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

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