#BDA79B#BDA79B

#BDA79B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.031 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA79B
RGB	rgb(189, 167, 155)
HSL	hsl(21, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(21, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 18%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, 6.02, 9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 10.94, 56.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0197 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.031 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7213, 40.8239, 36.7387)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA79B #9BB1BD

analogous

#BD9BA0 #BDA79B #BDB89B

triadic

#BDA79B #9BBDA7 #A79BBD

tetradic

#BDA79B #A0BD9B #9BB1BD #B89BBD

square

#BDA79B #A0BD9B #9BB1BD #B89BBD

split-complementary

#BDA79B #9BBDB8 #9BA0BD

monochromatic

#856858 #A58776 #BDA79B #D5C7C0 #EEE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BDA79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BDA79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA79B

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA79B	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 167, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.031 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c1b8',
    500: '#bda79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda79b;
$custom-light: #d1c1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.176,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74412,
    "c": 0.0309,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA79B

secondary

#D5DBDF

accent

#809F47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA79B

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

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