#BDA397#BDA397

#BDA397 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.035 H 46.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA397
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 151)
HSL	hsl(19, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(19, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 7.58, 9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 12.34, 52.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.0243 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.035 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6694, 39.2488, 34.7583)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA397 #97B1BD

analogous

#BD979E #BDA397 #BDB697

triadic

#BDA397 #97BDA3 #A397BD

tetradic

#BDA397 #9EBD97 #97B1BD #B697BD

square

#BDA397 #9EBD97 #97B1BD #B697BD

split-complementary

#BDA397 #97BDB6 #979EBD

monochromatic

#856454 #A58272 #BDA397 #D5C4BC #EDE5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BDA397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA397

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA397	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AA97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C59FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.035 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1beb5',
    500: '#bda397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda397;
$custom-light: #d1beb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.947,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73504,
    "c": 0.03515,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA397

secondary

#D2DADE

accent

#84A145

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA397

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

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