#BD9C8A#BD9C8A

#BD9C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.047 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C8A
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(21, 28%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 9.49, 14.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 16.93, 55.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0301 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.047 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4627, 36.4322, 29.0986)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C8A #8AABBD

analogous

#BD8A92 #BD9C8A #BDB68A

triadic

#BD9C8A #8ABD9C #9C8ABD

tetradic

#BD9C8A #92BD8A #8AABBD #B68ABD

square

#BD9C8A #92BD8A #8AABBD #B68ABD

split-complementary

#BD9C8A #8ABDB6 #8A92BD

monochromatic

#835E4A #A77B63 #BD9C8A #D3BDB1 #E9DED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BD9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#BD9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C8A

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C8A	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.047 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9ac',
    500: '#bd9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c8a;
$custom-light: #d1b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.176,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7178,
    "c": 0.047,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C8A

secondary

#C9D4DA

accent

#82A63F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C8A

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

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