#BD997B#BD997B

#BD997B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.060 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD997B
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(27, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(27, 35%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 34.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 9.13, 20.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 22.76, 66.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0287 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.06 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9535, 35.0330, 23.6033)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD997B #7B9FBD

analogous

#BD7B7E #BD997B #BDBA7B

triadic

#BD997B #7BBD99 #997BBD

tetradic

#BD997B #7EBD7B #7B9FBD #BA7BBD

square

#BD997B #7EBD7B #7B9FBD #BA7BBD

split-complementary

#BD997B #7BBDBA #7B7EBD

monochromatic

#7E5C3F #A77A54 #BD997B #D1B9A4 #E6D8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BD997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD997B

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD997B	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA37B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.060 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7a1',
    500: '#bd997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd997b;
$custom-light: #d2b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70839,
    "c": 0.05996,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD997B

secondary

#BECBD6

accent

#78AC39

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110F

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD997B

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

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