#BD9986#BD9986

#BD9986 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.051 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9986
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(21, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 29.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 10.58, 15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 18.40, 54.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0332 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.051 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6812, 35.3241, 27.4357)
Luminance	0.3532 (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

#BD9986 #86AABD

analogous

#BD868E #BD9986 #BDB486

triadic

#BD9986 #86BD99 #9986BD

tetradic

#BD9986 #8EBD86 #86AABD #B486BD

square

#BD9986 #8EBD86 #86AABD #B486BD

split-complementary

#BD9986 #86BDB4 #868EBD

monochromatic

#825B47 #A7785E #BD9986 #D3BAAE #E8DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BD9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BD9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9986

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9986	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#A39C85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.051 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7a9',
    500: '#bd9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9986;
$custom-light: #d1b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.727,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71089,
    "c": 0.05099,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9986

secondary

#C6D2D9

accent

#83A83D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9986

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

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