#BDA09D#BDA09D

#BDA09D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.035 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA09D
RGB	rgb(189, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(6, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(6, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 10.16, 5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 11.57, 28.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0314 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.035 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6428, 38.3959, 37.2146)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA09D #9DBABD

analogous

#BD9DAA #BDA09D #BDB09D

triadic

#BDA09D #9DBDA0 #A09DBD

tetradic

#BDA09D #AABD9D #9DBABD #B09DBD

square

#BDA09D #AABD9D #9DBABD #B09DBD

split-complementary

#BDA09D #9DBDB0 #9DAABD

monochromatic

#865E5A #A47D78 #BDA09D #D6C3C2 #EEE7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BDA09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BDA09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA09D

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA09D	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.035 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bcb9',
    500: '#bda09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda09d;
$custom-light: #d1bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.625,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73068,
    "c": 0.03467,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA09D

secondary

#D6DFE0

accent

#969E48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA09D

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

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