#BDA59C#BDA59C

#BDA59C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.031 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA59C
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 156)
HSL	hsl(16, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(16, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 17.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 7.27, 7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 10.72, 47.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0232 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.031 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4420, 40.1305, 37.0616)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA59C #9CB4BD

analogous

#BD9CA3 #BDA59C #BDB69C

triadic

#BDA59C #9CBDA5 #A59CBD

tetradic

#BDA59C #A3BD9C #9CB4BD #B69CBD

square

#BDA59C #A3BD9C #9CB4BD #B69CBD

split-complementary

#BDA59C #9CBDB6 #9CA3BD

monochromatic

#866559 #A58477 #BDA59C #D5C6C1 #EEE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BDA59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BDA59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA59C

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA59C	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.031 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfb9',
    500: '#bda59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda59c;
$custom-light: #d1bfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74036,
    "c": 0.03105,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA59C

secondary

#D5DDE0

accent

#879E47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA59C

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

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