#BDA49D#BDA49D

#BDA49D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.031 H 36.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA49D
RGB	rgb(189, 164, 157)
HSL	hsl(13, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(13, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 7.97, 6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 10.60, 41.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0252 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.031 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3474, 39.8051, 37.4495)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA49D #9DB6BD

analogous

#BD9DA6 #BDA49D #BDB49D

triadic

#BDA49D #9DBDA4 #A49DBD

tetradic

#BDA49D #A6BD9D #9DB6BD #B49DBD

square

#BDA49D #A6BD9D #9DB6BD #B49DBD

split-complementary

#BDA49D #9DBDB4 #9DA6BD

monochromatic

#86645A #A48278 #BDA49D #D6C6C2 #EEE8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDA49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BDA49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA49D

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA49D	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A69D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAB9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 164, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.031 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfb9',
    500: '#bda49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda49d;
$custom-light: #d1bfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.125,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73863,
    "c": 0.03116,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA49D

secondary

#D6DEE0

accent

#8B9E48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA49D

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

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