#BDA399#BDA399

#BDA399 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.034 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA399
RGB	rgb(189, 163, 153)
HSL	hsl(17, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(17, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 7.89, 8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 11.75, 47.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0251 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.034 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8332, 39.3143, 35.6209)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA399 #99B3BD

analogous

#BD99A1 #BDA399 #BDB599

triadic

#BDA399 #99BDA3 #A399BD

tetradic

#BDA399 #A1BD99 #99B3BD #B599BD

square

#BDA399 #A1BD99 #99B3BD #B599BD

split-complementary

#BDA399 #99BDB5 #99A1BD

monochromatic

#856356 #A58174 #BDA399 #D5C5BE #EDE6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BDA399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA399

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA399	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 163, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.034 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1beb7',
    500: '#bda399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda399;
$custom-light: #d1beb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.667,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73556,
    "c": 0.03389,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA399

secondary

#D3DBDF

accent

#87A046

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F6F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA399

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

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