#BD996D#BD996D

#BD996D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.073 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD996D
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 109)
HSL	hsl(33, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 42.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, 7.48, 28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 29.15, 75.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0229 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.073 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1390, 34.7072, 19.3133)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD996D #6D91BD

analogous

#BD716D #BD996D #B9BD6D

triadic

#BD996D #6DBD99 #996DBD

tetradic

#BD996D #6DBD71 #6D91BD #BD6DB9

square

#BD996D #6DBD71 #6D91BD #BD6DB9

split-complementary

#BD996D #6DB9BD #716DBD

monochromatic

#795B37 #A37B4A #BD996D #D0B697 #E3D4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD996D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BD996D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD996D

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD996D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD996D	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	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)

#A69A6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd996d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.073 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b797',
    500: '#bd996d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd996d;
$custom-light: #d2b797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd996d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70556,
    "c": 0.0733,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD996D

secondary

#B3C1D3

accent

#8ECE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD996D

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

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