#BD9686#BD9686

#BD9686 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.052 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9686
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 134)
HSL	hsl(17, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(17, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 29.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 12.23, 14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 18.59, 48.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% 0.0381 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.052 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1963, 34.3544, 27.2741)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9686 #86ADBD

analogous

#BD8691 #BD9686 #BDB186

triadic

#BD9686 #86BD96 #9686BD

tetradic

#BD9686 #91BD86 #86ADBD #B186BD

square

#BD9686 #91BD86 #86ADBD #B186BD

split-complementary

#BD9686 #86BDB1 #8691BD

monochromatic

#825847 #A7745E #BD9686 #D3B8AE #E8DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD9686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BD9686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9686

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9686	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A286

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.052 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b5a9',
    500: '#bd9686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9686;
$custom-light: #d2b5a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.455,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70499,
    "c": 0.05244,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9686

secondary

#C6D3D9

accent

#89A83D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9686

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

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