#BD9869#BD9869

#BD9869 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.077 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9869
RGB	rgb(189, 152, 105)
HSL	hsl(34, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 44.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 7.59, 29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 30.87, 75.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0229 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.077 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.7655, 34.2971, 18.1507)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9869 #698EBD

analogous

#BD6E69 #BD9869 #B8BD69

triadic

#BD9869 #69BD98 #9869BD

tetradic

#BD9869 #69BD6E #698EBD #BD69B8

square

#BD9869 #69BD6E #698EBD #BD69B8

split-complementary

#BD9869 #69B8BD #6E69BD

monochromatic

#775A34 #A27A47 #BD9869 #D0B593 #E2D2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BD9869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BD9869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9869

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9869	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69966

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 152, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.077 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b694',
    500: '#bd9869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9869;
$custom-light: #d3b694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.571,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70282,
    "c": 0.07698,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9869

secondary

#B0BFD2

accent

#8DCF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9869

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

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