#BDA48C#BDA48C

#BDA48C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.045 H 65.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA48C
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 140)
HSL	hsl(29, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(29, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 25.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 5.40, 15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 16.73, 71.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0182 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.045 65.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9957, 39.2645, 30.3305)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA48C #8CA5BD

analogous

#BD8C8D #BDA48C #BDBD8C

triadic

#BDA48C #8CBDA4 #A48CBD

tetradic

#BDA48C #8DBD8C #8CA5BD #BD8CBD

square

#BDA48C #8DBD8C #8CA5BD #BD8CBD

split-complementary

#BDA48C #8CBDBD #8C8DBD

monochromatic

#83674B #A78565 #BDA48C #D3C3B3 #EAE2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BDA48C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BDA48C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA48C

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA48C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA48C	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)

#ACA58A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AB8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda48c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.045 65.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfad',
    500: '#bda48c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda48c;
$custom-light: #d1bfad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda48c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.388,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73432,
    "c": 0.04452,
    "h": 65.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA48C

secondary

#CAD3DB

accent

#74A640

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA48C

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

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