#BD997D#BD997D

#BD997D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.058 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD997D
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(26, 33%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(26, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 33.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 9.39, 19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 21.91, 64.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0295 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.058 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0800, 35.0836, 24.2694)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD997D #7DA1BD

analogous

#BD7D81 #BD997D #BDB97D

triadic

#BD997D #7DBD99 #997DBD

tetradic

#BD997D #81BD7D #7DA1BD #B97DBD

square

#BD997D #81BD7D #7DA1BD #B97DBD

split-complementary

#BD997D #7DBDB9 #7D81BD

monochromatic

#7F5C41 #A87955 #BD997D #D2B9A6 #E6D9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BD997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD997D

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD997D	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA37D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.058 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7a2',
    500: '#bd997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd997d;
$custom-light: #d2b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.25,
    "s": 32.653,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70882,
    "c": 0.0582,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD997D

secondary

#BFCCD7

accent

#7AAB3A

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F3

border

#D3D0CD

text

#14110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD997D

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

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