#BD9989#BD9989

#BD9989 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.049 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9989
RGB	rgb(189, 153, 137)
HSL	hsl(18, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(18, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 27.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 11.00, 13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 17.40, 50.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0345 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.049 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8934, 35.4090, 28.5533)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9989 #89ADBD

analogous

#BD8993 #BD9989 #BDB389

triadic

#BD9989 #89BD99 #9989BD

tetradic

#BD9989 #93BD89 #89ADBD #B389BD

square

#BD9989 #93BD89 #89ADBD #B389BD

split-complementary

#BD9989 #89BDB3 #8993BD

monochromatic

#835B49 #A77762 #BD9989 #D3BBB0 #E9DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BD9989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BD9989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9989

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9989	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 153, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.049 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b7ab',
    500: '#bd9989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9989;
$custom-light: #d1b7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 28.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71162,
    "c": 0.04897,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9989

secondary

#C8D4DA

accent

#87A73F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9989

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

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