#BDA38D#BDA38D

#BDA38D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.043 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA38D
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 141)
HSL	hsl(28, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 25.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, 6.09, 14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 16.15, 67.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0202 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.043 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8915, 38.9376, 30.6612)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA38D #8DA7BD

analogous

#BD8D8F #BDA38D #BDBB8D

triadic

#BDA38D #8DBDA3 #A38DBD

tetradic

#BDA38D #8FBD8D #8DA7BD #BB8DBD

square

#BDA38D #8FBD8D #8DA7BD #BB8DBD

split-complementary

#BDA38D #8DBDBB #8D8FBD

monochromatic

#83654C #A78466 #BDA38D #D3C2B4 #EAE2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BDA38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA38D

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA38D	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)

#ABA48C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.043 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1beae',
    500: '#bda38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda38d;
$custom-light: #d1beae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.5,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73254,
    "c": 0.04342,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA38D

secondary

#CBD4DB

accent

#77A540

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA38D

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

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