#BD997A#BD997A

#BD997A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.061 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD997A
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(28, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 35%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 35.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 9.01, 21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 23.19, 67.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0283 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.061 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8912, 35.0081, 23.2753)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD997A #7A9EBD

analogous

#BD7A7C #BD997A #BDBA7A

triadic

#BD997A #7ABD99 #997ABD

tetradic

#BD997A #7CBD7A #7A9EBD #BA7ABD

square

#BD997A #7CBD7A #7A9EBD #BA7ABD

split-complementary

#BD997A #7ABDBA #7A7CBD

monochromatic

#7E5C3F #A77A53 #BD997A #D1B8A3 #E6D8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BD997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD997A

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD997A	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.061 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7a0',
    500: '#bd997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd997a;
$custom-light: #d2b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.761,
    "s": 33.668,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70817,
    "c": 0.06087,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD997A

secondary

#BDCAD6

accent

#77AC39

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD997A

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

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