#BD9769#BD9769

#BD9769 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.077 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9769
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 105)
HSL	hsl(33, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 44.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 8.14, 29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 30.69, 74.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0245 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.077 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6039, 33.9738, 18.0968)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9769 #698FBD

analogous

#BD6D69 #BD9769 #B9BD69

triadic

#BD9769 #69BD97 #9769BD

tetradic

#BD9769 #69BD6D #698FBD #BD69B9

square

#BD9769 #69BD6D #698FBD #BD69B9

split-complementary

#BD9769 #69B9BD #6D69BD

monochromatic

#775934 #A27947 #BD9769 #D0B493 #E2D2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD9769 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BD9769 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9769

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9769	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9769	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9769;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.077 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b594',
    500: '#bd9769',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9769;
$custom-light: #d3b594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9769",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.857,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70082,
    "c": 0.07675,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9769

secondary

#B0BFD2

accent

#8ECF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9769

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

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