#BD9C8D#BD9C8D

#BD9C8D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.045 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C8D
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(19, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(19, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 9.92, 12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 15.91, 51.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0313 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.045 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6829, 36.5203, 30.2583)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C8D #8DAEBD

analogous

#BD8D96 #BD9C8D #BDB48D

triadic

#BD9C8D #8DBD9C #9C8DBD

tetradic

#BD9C8D #96BD8D #8DAEBD #B48DBD

square

#BD9C8D #96BD8D #8DAEBD #B48DBD

split-complementary

#BD9C8D #8DBDB4 #8D96BD

monochromatic

#835D4C #A77A66 #BD9C8D #D3BEB4 #EADFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BD9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BD9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C8D

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C8D	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.045 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9ae',
    500: '#bd9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c8d;
$custom-light: #d1b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71854,
    "c": 0.04491,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C8D

secondary

#CBD6DB

accent

#86A540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C8D

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

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