#BD996F#BD996F

#BD996F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.071 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD996F
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 111)
HSL	hsl(32, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(32, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 41.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 7.70, 27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 28.21, 74.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% 0.0237 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.071 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2479, 34.7508, 19.8868)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD996F #6F93BD

analogous

#BD726F #BD996F #BABD6F

triadic

#BD996F #6FBD99 #996FBD

tetradic

#BD996F #6FBD72 #6F93BD #BD6FBA

square

#BD996F #6FBD72 #6F93BD #BD6FBA

split-complementary

#BD996F #6FBABD #726FBD

monochromatic

#7A5B38 #A47B4B #BD996F #D0B799 #E3D4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD996F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BD996F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD996F

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD996F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD996F	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)

#A69A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd996f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.071 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b798',
    500: '#bd996f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd996f;
$custom-light: #d2b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd996f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.308,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70594,
    "c": 0.07133,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD996F

secondary

#B5C3D3

accent

#8FCD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD996F

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

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