#BDA299#BDA299

#BDA299 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.034 H 39.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA299
RGB	rgb(189, 162, 153)
HSL	hsl(15, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(15, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 8.43, 8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 11.86, 44.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0267 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.034 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6564, 38.9606, 35.5620)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA299 #99B4BD

analogous

#BD99A2 #BDA299 #BDB499

triadic

#BDA299 #99BDA2 #A299BD

tetradic

#BDA299 #A2BD99 #99B4BD #B499BD

square

#BDA299 #A2BD99 #99B4BD #B499BD

split-complementary

#BDA299 #99BDB4 #99A2BD

monochromatic

#856256 #A58074 #BDA299 #D5C4BE #EDE6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BDA299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA299

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA299	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 162, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.034 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bdb7',
    500: '#bda299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda299;
$custom-light: #d1bdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73357,
    "c": 0.03447,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA299

secondary

#D3DCDF

accent

#89A046

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA299

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

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