#BD9983#BD9983

#BD9983 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.053 H 53.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9983
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 131)
HSL	hsl(23, 31%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(23, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 30.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 10.17, 16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 19.50, 58.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% 0.032 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.053 53)
XYZ	xyz(36.4749, 35.2416, 26.3493)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9983 #83A7BD

analogous

#BD838A #BD9983 #BDB683

triadic

#BD9983 #83BD99 #9983BD

tetradic

#BD9983 #8ABD83 #83A7BD #B683BD

square

#BD9983 #8ABD83 #83A7BD #B683BD

split-complementary

#BD9983 #83BDB6 #838ABD

monochromatic

#815C45 #A8785B #BD9983 #D2BAAB #E8DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BD9983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9983

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9983	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.053 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7a7',
    500: '#bd9983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9983;
$custom-light: #d2b7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.759,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71018,
    "c": 0.05322,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.3524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9983

secondary

#C3D0D8

accent

#80A93C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9983

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

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