#BD997F#BD997F

#BD997F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.056 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD997F
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(25, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(25, 33%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 32.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 9.64, 18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 21.08, 62.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0303 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.056 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2090, 35.1352, 24.9491)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD997F #7FA3BD

analogous

#BD7F84 #BD997F #BDB87F

triadic

#BD997F #7FBD99 #997FBD

tetradic

#BD997F #84BD7F #7FA3BD #B87FBD

square

#BD997F #84BD7F #7FA3BD #B87FBD

split-complementary

#BD997F #7FBDB8 #7F84BD

monochromatic

#805C42 #A87957 #BD997F #D2B9A7 #E7D9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BD997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BD997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD997F

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD997F	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.056 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7a4',
    500: '#bd997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd997f;
$custom-light: #d2b7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.161,
    "s": 31.959,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70927,
    "c": 0.05647,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD997F

secondary

#C0CED7

accent

#7CAB3B

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD997F

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

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