#BDA09C#BDA09C

#BDA09C is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.035 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA09C
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 156)
HSL	hsl(7, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(7, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 17.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 10.00, 6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 11.69, 31.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.031 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.035 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5578, 38.3619, 36.7669)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA09C #9CB9BD

analogous

#BD9CA8 #BDA09C #BDB19C

triadic

#BDA09C #9CBDA0 #A09CBD

tetradic

#BDA09C #A8BD9C #9CB9BD #B19CBD

square

#BDA09C #A8BD9C #9CB9BD #B19CBD

split-complementary

#BDA09C #9CBDB1 #9CA8BD

monochromatic

#865E59 #A57D77 #BDA09C #D5C3C1 #EEE6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BDA09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA09C

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA09C	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.035 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bcb9',
    500: '#bda09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda09c;
$custom-light: #d1bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.273,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7304,
    "c": 0.0349,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA09C

secondary

#D5DEE0

accent

#949E47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA09C

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

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