#BD985C#BD985C

#BD985C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.090 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD985C
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 92)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 51.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 6.30, 36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 37.14, 80.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.0177 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.09 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1477, 34.0499, 14.8968)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD985C #5C81BD

analogous

#BD675C #BD985C #B2BD5C

triadic

#BD985C #5CBD98 #985CBD

tetradic

#BD985C #5CBD67 #5C81BD #BD5CB2

square

#BD985C #5CBD67 #5C81BD #BD5CB2

split-complementary

#BD985C #5CB2BD #675CBD

monochromatic

#71572E #9C793F #BD985C #CFB488 #E0CFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD985C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BD985C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD985C

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD985C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD985C	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd985c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.090 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b68b',
    500: '#bd985c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd985c;
$custom-light: #d3b68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd985c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.113,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70065,
    "c": 0.08963,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD985C

secondary

#A6B6CF

accent

#85D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD985C

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