#BD9E79#BD9E79

#BD9E79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.063 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9E79
RGB	rgb(189, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(33, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 36%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 6.15, 23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 24.41, 75.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0198 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.063 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6652, 36.6546, 23.2292)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9E79 #7998BD

analogous

#BD7C79 #BD9E79 #BABD79

triadic

#BD9E79 #79BD9E #9E79BD

tetradic

#BD9E79 #79BD7C #7998BD #BD79BA

square

#BD9E79 #79BD7C #7998BD #BD79BA

split-complementary

#BD9E79 #79BABD #7C79BD

monochromatic

#7E613E #A78052 #BD9E79 #D1BCA2 #E5D9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BD9E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BD9E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9E79

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9E79	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99F76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A67A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.063 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2baa0',
    500: '#bd9e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9e79;
$custom-light: #d2baa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.647,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71799,
    "c": 0.06251,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9E79

secondary

#BCC8D6

accent

#6EAD39

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9E79

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

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