#BDA296#BDA296

#BDA296 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.036 H 45.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA296
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 150)
HSL	hsl(18, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(18, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 7.97, 9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 12.71, 51.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0255 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.036 45.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4117, 38.8627, 34.2734)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA296 #96B1BD

analogous

#BD969E #BDA296 #BDB696

triadic

#BDA296 #96BDA2 #A296BD

tetradic

#BDA296 #9EBD96 #96B1BD #B696BD

square

#BDA296 #9EBD96 #96B1BD #B696BD

split-complementary

#BDA296 #96BDB6 #969EBD

monochromatic

#856354 #A58170 #BDA296 #D5C3BC #ECE5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BDA296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA296

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA296	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.036 45.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bdb4',
    500: '#bda296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda296;
$custom-light: #d1bdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73278,
    "c": 0.03625,
    "h": 45.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA296

secondary

#D1DADE

accent

#85A144

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA296

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

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