#BD9975#BD9975

#BD9975 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.066 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9975
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 117)
HSL	hsl(30, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 38.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 8.40, 24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 25.42, 70.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0262 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.066 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5894, 34.8874, 21.6855)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9975 #7599BD

analogous

#BD7575 #BD9975 #BDBD75

triadic

#BD9975 #75BD99 #9975BD

tetradic

#BD9975 #75BD75 #7599BD #BD75BD

square

#BD9975 #75BD75 #7599BD #BD75BD

split-complementary

#BD9975 #75BDBD #7575BD

monochromatic

#7C5C3B #A67A4F #BD9975 #D1B89E #E5D6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BD9975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BD9975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9975

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9975	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59B72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.066 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b79d',
    500: '#bd9975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9975;
$custom-light: #d2b79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70713,
    "c": 0.06553,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9975

secondary

#B9C7D5

accent

#94CB5C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9975

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

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