#BD9687#BD9687

#BD9687 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.052 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9687
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 135)
HSL	hsl(17, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(17, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 28.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 12.37, 13.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 18.29, 47.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0385 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.052 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2664, 34.3824, 27.6431)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9687 #87AEBD

analogous

#BD8793 #BD9687 #BDB187

triadic

#BD9687 #87BD96 #9687BD

tetradic

#BD9687 #93BD87 #87AEBD #B187BD

square

#BD9687 #93BD87 #87AEBD #B187BD

split-complementary

#BD9687 #87BDB1 #8793BD

monochromatic

#825848 #A77360 #BD9687 #D3B9AE #E8DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD9687 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BD9687 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9687

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9687	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9687	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9687;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.052 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b5aa',
    500: '#bd9687',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9687;
$custom-light: #d2b5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9687",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.667,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70523,
    "c": 0.05186,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9687

secondary

#C6D4D9

accent

#8AA83E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9687

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

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