#BDA697#BDA697

#BDA697 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.034 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA697
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(24, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(24, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, 5.94, 10.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 12.36, 61.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0196 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.034 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2084, 40.3267, 34.9379)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA697 #97AEBD

analogous

#BD979B #BDA697 #BDB997

triadic

#BDA697 #97BDA6 #A697BD

tetradic

#BDA697 #9BBD97 #97AEBD #B997BD

square

#BDA697 #9BBD97 #97AEBD #B997BD

split-complementary

#BDA697 #97BDB9 #979BBD

monochromatic

#856854 #A58672 #BDA697 #D5C6BC #EDE6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BDA697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BDA697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA697

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA697	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.034 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c0b5',
    500: '#bda697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda697;
$custom-light: #d1c0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.684,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74106,
    "c": 0.03431,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA697

secondary

#D2D9DE

accent

#7CA145

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA697

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

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