#BD9976#BD9976

#BD9976 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.065 H 65.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9976
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 118)
HSL	hsl(30, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 37.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, 8.52, 23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 24.97, 70.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% 0.0266 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.065 65.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6485, 34.9110, 21.9968)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9976 #769ABD

analogous

#BD7677 #BD9976 #BDBC76

triadic

#BD9976 #76BD99 #9976BD

tetradic

#BD9976 #77BD76 #769ABD #BC76BD

square

#BD9976 #77BD76 #769ABD #BC76BD

split-complementary

#BD9976 #76BDBC #7677BD

monochromatic

#7D5C3C #A67A50 #BD9976 #D1B89F #E5D7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BD9976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BD9976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9976

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9976	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)

#A59B74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.065 65.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b79d',
    500: '#bd9976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9976;
$custom-light: #d2b79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.577,
    "s": 34.975,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70733,
    "c": 0.06458,
    "h": 65.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9976

secondary

#BAC8D5

accent

#74AE38

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9976

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

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