#BD996C#BD996C

#BD996C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.074 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD996C
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 108)
HSL	hsl(33, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 42.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 7.37, 28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 29.63, 75.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.0225 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.074 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0854, 34.6858, 19.0314)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD996C #6C90BD

analogous

#BD706C #BD996C #B8BD6C

triadic

#BD996C #6CBD99 #996CBD

tetradic

#BD996C #6CBD70 #6C90BD #BD6CB8

square

#BD996C #6CBD70 #6C90BD #BD6CB8

split-complementary

#BD996C #6CB8BD #706CBD

monochromatic

#785B36 #A37B49 #BD996C #D0B696 #E3D4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BD996C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BD996C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD996C

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD996C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD996C	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69A69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA36D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd996c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.074 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b796',
    500: '#bd996c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd996c;
$custom-light: #d2b796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd996c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70538,
    "c": 0.07428,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD996C

secondary

#B2C1D3

accent

#8DCE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD996C

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

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