#BD997C#BD997C

#BD997C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.059 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD997C
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(27, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(27, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 34.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 9.26, 20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 22.33, 65.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0291 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.059 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0164, 35.0582, 23.9347)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD997C #7CA0BD

analogous

#BD7C80 #BD997C #BDBA7C

triadic

#BD997C #7CBD99 #997CBD

tetradic

#BD997C #80BD7C #7CA0BD #BA7CBD

square

#BD997C #80BD7C #7CA0BD #BA7CBD

split-complementary

#BD997C #7CBDBA #7C80BD

monochromatic

#7F5C40 #A77954 #BD997C #D2B9A5 #E6D8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BD997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD997C

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD997C	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)

#A49B7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.059 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7a2',
    500: '#bd997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd997c;
$custom-light: #d2b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.769,
    "s": 32.995,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7086,
    "c": 0.05907,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD997C

secondary

#BECCD7

accent

#79AC3A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110F

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD997C

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

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