#BDA69D#BDA69D

#BDA69D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.030 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA69D
RGB	rgb(189, 166, 157)
HSL	hsl(17, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(17, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 6.88, 7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 10.35, 48.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% 0.022 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.03 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7081, 40.5266, 37.5698)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA69D #9DB4BD

analogous

#BD9DA4 #BDA69D #BDB69D

triadic

#BDA69D #9DBDA6 #A69DBD

tetradic

#BDA69D #A4BD9D #9DB4BD #B69DBD

square

#BDA69D #A4BD9D #9DB4BD #B69DBD

split-complementary

#BDA69D #9DBDB6 #9DA4BD

monochromatic

#86665A #A48578 #BDA69D #D6C7C2 #EEE8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BDA69D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BDA69D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA69D

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA69D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA69D	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda69d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 166, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.030 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c0b9',
    500: '#bda69d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda69d;
$custom-light: #d1c0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda69d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.875,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74264,
    "c": 0.02993,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA69D

secondary

#D6DDE0

accent

#869E48

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA69D

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

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