#BDA596#BDA596

#BDA596 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.035 H 54.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA596
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(23, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 20.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, 6.33, 10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 12.69, 60.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.0207 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.035 54)
XYZ	xyz(39.9465, 39.9322, 34.4517)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA596 #96AEBD

analogous

#BD969B #BDA596 #BDB996

triadic

#BDA596 #96BDA5 #A596BD

tetradic

#BDA596 #9BBD96 #96AEBD #B996BD

square

#BDA596 #9BBD96 #96AEBD #B996BD

split-complementary

#BDA596 #96BDB9 #969BBD

monochromatic

#856754 #A58570 #BDA596 #D5C5BC #ECE5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BDA596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BDA596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA596

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA596	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.035 54.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfb4',
    500: '#bda596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda596;
$custom-light: #d1bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73879,
    "c": 0.0353,
    "h": 54
  },
  "luminance": 0.39931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA596

secondary

#D1D9DE

accent

#7DA144

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA596

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

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