#BD9666#BD9666

#BD9666 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.079 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9666
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 102)
HSL	hsl(33, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 46%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, 8.37, 30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 31.94, 74.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0249 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.079 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2922, 33.5927, 17.2456)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9666 #668DBD

analogous

#BD6A66 #BD9666 #B9BD66

triadic

#BD9666 #66BD96 #9666BD

tetradic

#BD9666 #66BD6A #668DBD #BD66B9

square

#BD9666 #66BD6A #668DBD #BD66B9

split-complementary

#BD9666 #66B9BD #6A66BD

monochromatic

#765833 #A17845 #BD9666 #CFB391 #E2D1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BD9666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BD9666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9666

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9666	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.079 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b492',
    500: '#bd9666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9666;
$custom-light: #d3b492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.103,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69828,
    "c": 0.07942,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9666

secondary

#AEBED1

accent

#8ED058

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9666

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

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