#BD985E#BD985E

#BD985E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.088 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD985E
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 94)
HSL	hsl(37, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 50.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 6.49, 35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 36.17, 79.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0185 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.088 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2363, 34.0854, 15.3633)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD985E #5E83BD

analogous

#BD695E #BD985E #B2BD5E

triadic

#BD985E #5EBD98 #985EBD

tetradic

#BD985E #5EBD69 #5E83BD #BD5EB2

square

#BD985E #5EBD69 #5E83BD #BD5EB2

split-complementary

#BD985E #5EB2BD #695EBD

monochromatic

#72582F #9D7940 #BD985E #CFB489 #E1D0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BD985E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BD985E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD985E

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD985E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD985E	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd985e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.088 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b68d',
    500: '#bd985e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd985e;
$custom-light: #d3b68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd985e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.632,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70097,
    "c": 0.08771,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD985E

secondary

#A8B7CF

accent

#86D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD985E

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

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