#BDA196#BDA196

#BDA196 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.037 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA196
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 150)
HSL	hsl(17, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(17, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 8.52, 9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 12.79, 48.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.027 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.037 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2363, 38.5118, 34.2149)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA196 #96B2BD

analogous

#BD969F #BDA196 #BDB596

triadic

#BDA196 #96BDA1 #A196BD

tetradic

#BDA196 #9FBD96 #96B2BD #B596BD

square

#BDA196 #9FBD96 #96B2BD #B596BD

split-complementary

#BDA196 #96BDB5 #969FBD

monochromatic

#856254 #A57F70 #BDA196 #D5C3BC #ECE4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BDA196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA196

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA196	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.037 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bcb4',
    500: '#bda196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda196;
$custom-light: #d1bcb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.923,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73078,
    "c": 0.03675,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA196

secondary

#D1DADE

accent

#87A144

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA196

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

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