#BD9969#BD9969

#BD9969 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.077 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9969
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 105)
HSL	hsl(34, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 44.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, 7.04, 30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 31.07, 76.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.0213 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.077 74)
XYZ	xyz(34.9285, 34.6230, 18.2050)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9969 #698DBD

analogous

#BD6F69 #BD9969 #B7BD69

triadic

#BD9969 #69BD99 #9969BD

tetradic

#BD9969 #69BD6F #698DBD #BD69B7

square

#BD9969 #69BD6F #698DBD #BD69B7

split-complementary

#BD9969 #69B7BD #6F69BD

monochromatic

#775B34 #A27B47 #BD9969 #D0B693 #E2D3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BD9969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BD9969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9969

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9969	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)

#A69A65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.077 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b794',
    500: '#bd9969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9969;
$custom-light: #d3b794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70483,
    "c": 0.07725,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.34621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9969

secondary

#B0BED2

accent

#8BCF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9969

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

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