#BDA197#BDA197

#BDA197 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.036 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA197
RGB	rgb(189, 161, 151)
HSL	hsl(16, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(16, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 8.67, 9.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 12.51, 46.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0275 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.036 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3171, 38.5442, 34.6408)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA197 #97B3BD

analogous

#BD97A0 #BDA197 #BDB497

triadic

#BDA197 #97BDA1 #A197BD

tetradic

#BDA197 #A0BD97 #97B3BD #B497BD

square

#BDA197 #A0BD97 #97B3BD #B497BD

split-complementary

#BDA197 #97BDB4 #97A0BD

monochromatic

#856154 #A57F72 #BDA197 #D5C3BC #EDE5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BDA197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BDA197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA197

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA197	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 161, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.036 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bcb5',
    500: '#bda197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda197;
$custom-light: #d1bcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73104,
    "c": 0.03617,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA197

secondary

#D2DBDE

accent

#89A145

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA197

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

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