#BDA59E#BDA59E

#BDA59E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.030 H 36.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA59E
RGB	rgb(189, 165, 158)
HSL	hsl(14, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(14, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 16.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 7.59, 6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 10.22, 42.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% 0.024 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.03 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6128, 40.1988, 37.9609)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA59E #9EB6BD

analogous

#BD9EA6 #BDA59E #BDB49E

triadic

#BDA59E #9EBDA5 #A59EBD

tetradic

#BDA59E #A6BD9E #9EB6BD #B49EBD

square

#BDA59E #A6BD9E #9EB6BD #B49EBD

split-complementary

#BDA59E #9EBDB4 #9EA6BD

monochromatic

#86655B #A4837A #BDA59E #D6C7C2 #EFE9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDA59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BDA59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA59E

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA59E	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 165, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.030 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfba',
    500: '#bda59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda59e;
$custom-light: #d1bfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.548,
    "s": 19.018,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7409,
    "c": 0.02999,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA59E

secondary

#D7DEE0

accent

#8A9D48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA59E

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

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