#BD9985#BD9985

#BD9985 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.052 H 50.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9985
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 133)
HSL	hsl(21, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 29.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 10.44, 15.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 18.76, 56.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.0328 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.052 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6118, 35.2963, 27.0701)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9985 #85A9BD

analogous

#BD858D #BD9985 #BDB585

triadic

#BD9985 #85BD99 #9985BD

tetradic

#BD9985 #8DBD85 #85A9BD #B585BD

square

#BD9985 #8DBD85 #85A9BD #B585BD

split-complementary

#BD9985 #85BDB5 #858DBD

monochromatic

#825B46 #A8785D #BD9985 #D2BAAD #E8DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BD9985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BD9985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9985

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9985	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39C84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.052 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b7a8',
    500: '#bd9985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9985;
$custom-light: #d2b7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71065,
    "c": 0.05172,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9985

secondary

#C5D2D9

accent

#82A83D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9985

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

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