#BD996E#BD996E

#BD996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.072 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD996E
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(33, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 41.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, 7.59, 27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 28.68, 74.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% 0.0233 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.072 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1931, 34.7289, 19.5984)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD996E #6E92BD

analogous

#BD716E #BD996E #B9BD6E

triadic

#BD996E #6EBD99 #996EBD

tetradic

#BD996E #6EBD71 #6E92BD #BD6EB9

square

#BD996E #6EBD71 #6E92BD #BD6EB9

split-complementary

#BD996E #6EB9BD #716EBD

monochromatic

#795B37 #A37B4A #BD996E #D0B798 #E3D4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BD996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD996E

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD996E	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA36F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.072 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b798',
    500: '#bd996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd996e;
$custom-light: #d2b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.658,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70575,
    "c": 0.07231,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD996E

secondary

#B4C2D3

accent

#8FCD5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD996E

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

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