#BDA38E#BDA38E

#BDA38E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.042 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA38E
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 142)
HSL	hsl(27, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 24.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 6.23, 14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 15.72, 66.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0206 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.042 61)
XYZ	xyz(38.9662, 38.9675, 31.0548)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA38E #8EA8BD

analogous

#BD8E90 #BDA38E #BDBB8E

triadic

#BDA38E #8EBDA3 #A38EBD

tetradic

#BDA38E #90BD8E #8EA8BD #BB8EBD

square

#BDA38E #90BD8E #8EA8BD #BB8EBD

split-complementary

#BDA38E #8EBDBB #8E90BD

monochromatic

#84654D #A68467 #BDA38E #D4C2B5 #EAE2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BDA38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BDA38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA38E

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA38E	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)

#ABA48D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69E9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.042 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1beaf',
    500: '#bda38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda38e;
$custom-light: #d1beaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.809,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73278,
    "c": 0.04249,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.38966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA38E

secondary

#CBD4DB

accent

#78A541

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA38E

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

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