#BDA699#BDA699

#BDA699 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.033 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA699
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 153)
HSL	hsl(22, 21%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(22, 19%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 6.25, 9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 11.62, 57.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% 0.0204 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.033 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3722, 40.3923, 35.8006)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA699 #99B0BD

analogous

#BD999E #BDA699 #BDB899

triadic

#BDA699 #99BDA6 #A699BD

tetradic

#BDA699 #9EBD99 #99B0BD #B899BD

square

#BDA699 #9EBD99 #99B0BD #B899BD

split-complementary

#BDA699 #99BDB8 #999EBD

monochromatic

#856756 #A58674 #BDA699 #D5C6BE #EDE7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDA699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BDA699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA699

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA699	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.033 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c0b7',
    500: '#bda699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda699;
$custom-light: #d1c0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.667,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74158,
    "c": 0.03269,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA699

secondary

#D3DADF

accent

#7FA046

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA699

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

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