#BD9971#BD9971

#BD9971 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.069 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9971
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 113)
HSL	hsl(32, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(32, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 40.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 7.93, 26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 27.27, 73.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0246 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.069 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3592, 34.7953, 20.4733)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9971 #7195BD

analogous

#BD7371 #BD9971 #BBBD71

triadic

#BD9971 #71BD99 #9971BD

tetradic

#BD9971 #71BD73 #7195BD #BD71BB

square

#BD9971 #71BD73 #7195BD #BD71BB

split-complementary

#BD9971 #71BBBD #7371BD

monochromatic

#7B5C39 #A47B4C #BD9971 #D0B79B #E4D5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BD9971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BD9971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9971

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9971	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.069 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b79a',
    500: '#bd9971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9971;
$custom-light: #d2b79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.579,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70633,
    "c": 0.06938,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9971

secondary

#B6C4D4

accent

#91CD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9971

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

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