#BD9968#BD9968

#BD9968 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.078 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9968
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 104)
HSL	hsl(35, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 45%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 6.94, 30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 31.55, 77.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% 0.0209 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.078 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8774, 34.6026, 17.9359)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9968 #688CBD

analogous

#BD6E68 #BD9968 #B7BD68

triadic

#BD9968 #68BD99 #9968BD

tetradic

#BD9968 #68BD6E #688CBD #BD68B7

square

#BD9968 #68BD6E #688CBD #BD68B7

split-complementary

#BD9968 #68B7BD #6E68BD

monochromatic

#775A34 #A17B47 #BD9968 #D0B693 #E2D3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BD9968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BD9968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9968

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9968	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)

#A79A64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.078 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b794',
    500: '#bd9968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9968;
$custom-light: #d3b794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.588,
    "s": 39.171,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70465,
    "c": 0.07825,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9968

secondary

#AFBED2

accent

#8BCF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9968

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

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