#BD9977#BD9977

#BD9977 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.064 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BD9977
RGBrgb(189, 153, 119)
HSLhsl(29, 35%, 60%)
HSVhsv(29, 37%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19%, 37%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(65.70, 8.64, 22.95)
CIE-LCHlch(65.70, 24.52, 69.38°)
OKLaboklab(70.75% 0.027 0.0576)
OKLCHoklch(70.75% 0.064 64.9)
XYZxyz(35.7082, 34.9349, 22.3114)
Luminance0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BD9977 #779BBD
analogous
#BD7778 #BD9977 #BDBC77
triadic
#BD9977 #77BD99 #9977BD
tetradic
#BD9977 #78BD77 #779BBD #BC77BD
square
#BD9977 #78BD77 #779BBD #BC77BD
split-complementary
#BD9977 #77BDBC #7778BD
monochromatic
#7D5C3D #A67A51 #BD9977 #D1B8A0 #E5D7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63
#BD9977 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99
#BD9977 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9977
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BD9977#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BD99771.002.637.997.99
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9921.001.001.00
##0000007.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A59B75
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ADA378
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C99190
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bd9977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.064 64.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b79e',
    500: '#bd9977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bd9977;
$custom-light: #d2b79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bd9977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.143,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70754,
    "c": 0.06364,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BD9977
secondary
#BBC8D5
accent
#74AD38
background
#FDFBF9
surface
#FAF6F2
border
#D3D0CC
text
#14110E
muted
#83807E

Preview Lab

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#BD9977 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva