#BD997E#BD997E

#BD997E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.057 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD997E
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(26, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(26, 33%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 33.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 9.51, 19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 21.49, 63.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0299 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.057 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1442, 35.1093, 24.6075)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD997E #7EA2BD

analogous

#BD7E83 #BD997E #BDB97E

triadic

#BD997E #7EBD99 #997EBD

tetradic

#BD997E #83BD7E #7EA2BD #B97EBD

square

#BD997E #83BD7E #7EA2BD #B97EBD

split-complementary

#BD997E #7EBDB9 #7E83BD

monochromatic

#7F5C41 #A87956 #BD997E #D2B9A6 #E6D9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BD997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD997E

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD997E	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)

#A49B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.057 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7a3',
    500: '#bd997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd997e;
$custom-light: #d2b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 32.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70904,
    "c": 0.05733,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD997E

secondary

#C0CDD7

accent

#7BAB3A

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F3

border

#D3D0CD

text

#14110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD997E

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

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