#BD9689#BD9689

#BD9689 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.051 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9689
RGB	rgb(189, 150, 137)
HSL	hsl(15, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(15, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 27.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 12.65, 12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 17.73, 44.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.0393 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.051 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4085, 34.4393, 28.3917)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9689 #89B0BD

analogous

#BD8996 #BD9689 #BDB089

triadic

#BD9689 #89BD96 #9689BD

tetradic

#BD9689 #96BD89 #89B0BD #B089BD

square

#BD9689 #96BD89 #89B0BD #B089BD

split-complementary

#BD9689 #89BDB0 #8996BD

monochromatic

#835749 #A77362 #BD9689 #D3B9B0 #E9DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BD9689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BD9689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9689

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9689	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 150, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.051 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5ab',
    500: '#bd9689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9689;
$custom-light: #d1b5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 28.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70573,
    "c": 0.05077,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9689

secondary

#C8D5DA

accent

#8DA73F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9689

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

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