#BD9783#BD9783

#BD9783 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.054 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9783
RGB	rgb(189, 151, 131)
HSL	hsl(21, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 30.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, 11.27, 15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 19.52, 54.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.0352 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.054 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1503, 34.5924, 26.2411)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9783 #83A9BD

analogous

#BD838C #BD9783 #BDB483

triadic

#BD9783 #83BD97 #9783BD

tetradic

#BD9783 #8CBD83 #83A9BD #B483BD

square

#BD9783 #8CBD83 #83A9BD #B483BD

split-complementary

#BD9783 #83BDB4 #838CBD

monochromatic

#815945 #A8765B #BD9783 #D2B8AB #E8DAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BD9783 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BD9783 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9783

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9783	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9783	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9783;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 151, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.054 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b5a7',
    500: '#bd9783',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9783;
$custom-light: #d2b5a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9783",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.69,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70623,
    "c": 0.05391,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9783

secondary

#C3D1D8

accent

#84A93C

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9783

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

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